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Abstractor  the  Proceedings  of  the  Linnaean  Society  of  New  York.  I  ^'  7/L  '*V''  ^ 

No.  6,  1894,  pp.  47-99. 

A  Consideration  of  Some  Ornithological  Literature, 

WITH  EXTII^^CTS  Fp  CUR[|^ENT  Cl^ITlCISM. 

I.       ISVe    TO    1883. 

II-    1884  TO  lees. 

By  L.  S.  Foster. 


1876  to  1883. 

Under  the  heading,  "  Recent  Literature,"  in  the  volumes 
of  the  Bulletin  of  the  Nuttall  Ornithological  Club,  published 
from  1876  to  1883,  are  reviews  of  numerous  publications 
which,  I  hold,  pretty  fairly  represent  the  ornithological 
literature  of  this  important  period,  particularly  so  far  as 
North  America  is  concerned. 

A  hasty  survey  of  this  literature  might,  perchance,  con- 
vey the  idea  of  individual  effort  rather  than  combined  ex- 
ertion, but,  summarized,  it  shows  an  advanced  movement 
along  a  series  of  lines  which,  at  the  close  of  the  period, 
interlaced  and  formed  the  firm  foundation  upon  which  has 
been  erected  the  solid  superstructure  of  The  American 
Ornithologists'  Union. 

The  more  prominent  features  of  the  time  and  those 
which  will  permanently  characterize  it,  seem  to  be  as 
follows  : 

The  appearance  of  the  first  volume  of  the  Catalogue  of 
the  Birds  in  the  British   Museum  ; 

The  revisionary  work  of  Mr.  Ridgway  and  Dr.  Stej- 
neger  on  certain  orders  and  genera  ; 

The  organization  of  The  Linnaian  Society  of  New  York, 
together  with  the  publication  of  the  first  volume  of  its 
Transactions  ; 


50519G  ^"^ 


The  publication  of  Hioloj^ia  Ccntrali-Americana  ; 

The  appearance  of  Mr.  (ieor^'e  N.  Lawrence's  "General 
Catalo^'ue  of  the  Hirils  noted  from  the  Islands  of  the  Lesser 
Antilles"  ;  Stearns  and  Coues's  "  \ew  Kngland  Hird  Life"; 
Dr.  Merriams  "  Review  of  the  Birds  of  Connecticut  ";  Dr. 
Wheatons  '•Report  on  the  Birds  of  Ohio";  Dr.  Coues's 
series  of  four  bibliographical  papers  and  his  check-list  of 
1882  ;  Mr.  Ridt^way's  nomenclature  of  1881  ;  and  the  be- 
ginning of  John  Burroughss  charming  series  of  out-of- 
door  books  with  the  republication  of  "Wake-Robin"  in  1877. 

In  clearing  the  wa)'  for  the  A.  O.  U.  check-list,  the  work 
on  nomenclature  which  was  done  b)'  Mr.  Ridgway  and  Dr. 
Stcjneger  was  not  only  necessary  but  eminently  workman- 
like. In  these  years,  the  battle  for  trinomialism  in  North 
America  was  fought  and  gallantly  won. 

Especially  will  this  period  be  notable  as  the  epoch  in 
which  serious  work  was  begun  in  recording  facts  of  migra- 
tion ;  the  Germans,  the  Knglish.  antl,  in  this  country, 
I'rof.  W.  \V.  Cooke,  accomplished  much. 

[The  continuation  of  this  paper,  as  read,  consisted  of 
numerous  examples  of  the  criticisms  which  follow  :] 

Ti  1  i.K.s  AM)  Criiicisms  ot 

SOMK    C)KNriHOL(1(;KAI.    LiTKKA  TL  KK, 


1876   TO    1883. 


CooPEK,  J.  G.— New  Fiu'ts  relating  to  Culiforniiiii  Ornithology.    No.  1. 
By  Dr.  J.  G.  Cooper.      Proc.  Cal.  Acad.  Sci..  1876.      14  pages. 

....AlK)ut  fifty  specie.s  are  noticed. ..  .The  paper  is  replete  with 
intereHting  matter,  and  forms  a  valuable  contribution  to  our  knowledge 
of  Californian  Ornithologv.  —  J.  A.  A.,  liuil.  Null.  Oniith.  Club,  Vol. 
II..  p.  7f;.  .lulv,  1H77. 


48] 


3 

D'Hamonville,  J.  C.  L.  T. — Ciitalogue  des   Oiseaux    d'Europe,   ou 

enumoi'ation  des  espoces  et  races  d'oiseaux  dout  la  presence,  soit 

habituelle   soit  fortnite,  a  ete  dument  coustatde  dans  las  limites 

geographiques  de  I'Europe,  par  J.  C.  L.  T.  D'Hamonville.     8vo., 

pp.  74.     Paris,  1876. 

. . .  .deserves  more  than  a  mere  mention  on  account  of  the  adniira- 
hly  comprehensive  manner  in  whicli  it  has  been  prepared.  the 
Baron  makes  the  whole  niimber  (J58, ....-  T.  M.  B.,  Bidl.  Null.  Oruith. 
Club,  Vol.  II.,  pp.  !()<;,  107,  October,  1877. 

Garrod,  a.  H. — Ou  some  Anatomical  Characters  which  bear  upon  the 
Major  Divisions  of  the  Passerine  Bird.s.  By  A.  H.  Garrod.  Proc. 
Zool.  Soc.  London,  1876. 

...He  concludes  his  paper  with  a  tabular  arrangement  of  the 
larger  groups  of  the  Passeres,  expressive  of  his  views  of  their  affinities. 
—J.  A.  A.,  Ball.  Null.  Ornilh.  Club,  Vol.  II.,  p.  23,  January,  1877. 

Gentry,  Thomas  G. — Life- Histories  of  the  Birds  of  Eastern  Pennsyl- 
vania. B3'  Thomas  G.  Gentry.  (In  two  volumes.)  Vol,  I: 
Philadelphia,  1876.     12  mo.,  pp.  xvi.,  309. 

...  .a  most  welcome  volume  of  biographies  of  the  birds  of  Eastern 

North  America The  author's  style  is   unostentatious  and  simple, 

at  times  lapsing  into  carelessness  . .  .The  present  volume  includes  the 
Song-birds  as  far  as  the  Corvida)  of  Dr.  Coiies's  arrangement  ... — 
J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  Null.  Orniih.  Club.  Vol.  I.,  pp.  49,  50,  July,  1876. 

Hknshaw,  H.  W. — Annual  Report  upon  the  Geographical  Surveys 
West  of  the  One  Hundredth  Meridian,  etc.  By  George  M. 
Wheeler,  First  Lieutenant  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.  Being  Appen- 
dix J  J  of  the  Annual  Report  of  the  Cliief  of  Eugineers  for  1876. 
Washington:  Government  Printing  Office,  1876.  Report  on  the 
Ornithology  of  the  Portions  of  California  visited  during  the  Field 
Season  of  1875.     By  Mr.  H.  W.  Henshaw.     Pp.  224-278. 

....  Among  t'ue  more  important  results  are  the  extension,  either 
southward  or  westward,  of  the  previously  recorded  range  of  mauy  spe- 
cies of  birds  ...The  biographical  annotations  are  often  full  and 
always  exceedingly  interesting  ... — W.  B.,  Bull.  Null.  Ornilh.  Club,  \ol. 
III.,  pp.  136,  137,  July,  1878. 

Jordan,  D.wid  Starr. — Manual  of  the  Vertebrates  of  the  Northern 
United  States,  including  the  District  east  of  the  Mississippi 
River,  and  north  of  North  Carolina  and  Tennessee,  exclusive  of 
Marine  Species.  By  David  Starr  Jordan,  M.S.,  M.D.,  etc. 
Chicago,  1876.     12mo.,  pp.  342. 

. . .  .Several  of  the  analytical  tables  of  different  groups  of  birds  a'e 
based  on  or  taken  directly  from  Coues's  Key,  and  tlie  latest  and  best 
authorities  are  followed  for  the  other  classes  . . .  On  the  whole  the  author 
is  to  be  congratulated  on  the  success  he  has  achieved  in  this  difficult 
undertaking,  combining  in  a  work  of  convenient   size  and  moderate 


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coHt  ft  toxtbook  of  th«'  Vertfbrnto  AnimnlK  of  the  Northejuitern  States 
reliHblo  in  I'lmrHctfr  mxl  suftioicntly  oxtended  tomudo  tlic  ntiulent  with 
tolerable  ciiMo  to  tlit!  rmiiw  of  miv  HpocicH  ho  nmv  clmruio  to  hiive  in 
hnnd.  .1.  A.  A..  Hull.  .\>ilL  Ormth.  CM,,  Vol.  1..  pf).  «:<,  1)4,  November, 
187f>. 

Kii>DKK,  J.  H.— CoutrilmtionH  to  tlie  Natural  History  of  KergiUilen 

Ihluiid.     J{y  J.  H.  Ki(l(l(-r.  M.U.     Editod  by  Dr.   Elliott  Couch, 

U.  S.  A.     II.     Oology,  pp.  G  20.      Ihdl.    U.  S.  Nat.   Mux.,  No.   3. 

WoHhinRtou,  187«i. 

.  .  .    an  ui'cotint  of  tho  Oology  of  tln'  island,  iiicbiding  dotailed  de 
srri))tion8  and  iiicasiirtincnts  of  the  <'f.'gs.  together  with  an  account  of 
tho  brooding  habits  of  all  the  Hjx'cics  found  breeding  there. .  .  .J.  A. 
A..  Hull.  Suit.  Oniilh.  Civil,  Vol.  1  ,  p.  48   .July,  IHIC. 

KiDPKit,  J.  H. — Coutributiou.s  to  tho  Natural  History  of  Kergucslen 

Island.     By  J.  H.   Kiddor.  M.D.     Edited  by  Dr.  Elliott  Coues, 

U.  S.  A.     il.,  pp.  85-ll<;.     A  study  of  r/n„nis  miuor.     Bull.  U.  S 

Nat.  ^fu.<!.,  No.  :}.     Washiugton,  1.S7G. 

This  essay  opens  with  a  n'sumt'  of  the  literature  of  the  sp<;cies 
Then  follows  a  description  of  its  anatomy,  including  an  account  of  its 
myology,  of  the  viscera  and  the  skeleton  ;  of  its  habits,  general  appear- 

ftuce  in  life,  and  external  characters J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  yulL  ohilUi. 

Club,  Vol    I.,  pp.  48,  v.),  July,  187<'.. 

Lawuen'ce,  George  N. — Description  of  a  New  Species  of  Jay  of  the 
Genus  Cyauocitta  ;  also  of  a  8upj)osed  New  Species  of  Cyanocora.x. 
By  George  N.  Lawrence.  Annuls  of  the  Li/ceuvi  of  Xat.  Hist. 
N.  v..  Vol,  XL,  pp.  1()3-1G5.     [Publi.shed  Feb.,  1S7G.J 

. . . . {CxjanocMla  pulrjnu)  being  from  Ecuador  and  the  other  {Cyano- 
rorn.f  orloni)  from  Northern  Peru.  J.  A.  A.,  JiidL  Xull.  Ortiith.  (luh,  Vo'. 
I.,  p.  47,  July,  187G. 

Lawhence,  Geokoe  N. — Birds  of  Southwestern  Me.xico  collected  by 
Francis  E.  Sutuichrast.  Prepared  by  George  N.  Lawrence.  Bull. 
U.  S.  Nat.  Mx.f.,  No.  4.     Washington,  187G. 

.   The  list  embraces  three  hundred  and  twenty-one  species,  with 
valuable  anil  occasionally  (piite  copious  field-notes  by  tlie  collector   .  . . 
J.  A.  A.,  IMl.  .Vutl.  Omith.  Cnih,  Vol.  I.,  p.  UU,  November,  1876. 

Maksh,  O.  C.  -Extinct  Birds  with  Teeth.  By  Professor  O.  C.  Marsh. 
A)n.  Jour.  Sci.  and  .Arts,  ,Tune,  1S7G,  pp.   aOO-oH. 

These  interesting  forms  ...combine  in  a  ])eculiar  manner  many 
reptilian  characters  with  others  truly  avian,-  J.  A.  A..  JhOl.  yutt.  Omith. 
Club,  Vol.  I.,  p.  4'.),  July.  Ih7(!. 

RiixnvAY,  RoHKHT. — Second  Thoughts  on  tlie  Genus  Micrastur.  By 
Robert  Ridgway.      77/.-  If,is,  IHH).  pp.    1-5. 

RiDGWAY,  RoBEKT. — Studies  of  the  American  Falconid;i'  :  Monograph 

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of  the  Polybori.  By  Robert  Ridgway.  Bull.  U.  S.  Geol.  and 
Oeogr.  Surv.  of  Terr.,  Vol.  I.,  No.  6,  pp.  451-i73,  plates  xxii.- 
xxvii.,  February  8,  1876. 

BiDGWAY,  RoBEiiT.— Studies  of  the  American  Falconidic.  By  Robert 
Ridgway.  Bull.  U.  S.  Geul.  and  Geogr.  Surv.  of  Terr.,  Vol.  II., 
No.  2,  pp.  91-182,  plates  xxxi.,  xxxii.,  April  1,  1876, 

Saunders,    Howard. — On   the   Stercorariinie    or    Skua    Gulls.      By 

Howard  Saunders,  F.L.S.  &c.       Proc.  Zo'Ol.  Soc.  London,    1876, 

pp.317-332,  pi.  xxiv. 

Mr.  Saunders  recognizes  six  species,  all  of  which  he  refers  to  one 
genus  for  which  he  adopts  the  name  Stercorarlus . . . . — J.  A.  A.,  BaU.  Nuit. 
Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  II.,  pp.  '23,  24,   January,  1877. 

Saunders,  Howard.— On  the  Steruiua;,  or  Terns,  with  Descriptions 
of  three  new  Species.  By  Howard  Saunders,  F.L.S. ,  F.Z.S. 
Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  London,  1876,  pp.  638-672,  pi.  Ixi. 

...  Of  the  forty-eight  species  recognized,  thirty-eight  are  placed 
under  S ema —J.  A.  A.,  Bull,  mdt  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  II.,  p.  24,  Jan- 
uary. 1877. 

....We  have  here  in  condensed  and  convenient  shape  the  main 
results  of  a  protracted  study,  representing  much  laborious  and  faith- 
ful application;  the  author  has  evidently  worked  with  care,  and  fully 
availed  himself  of  the  Tinusual  facilities  he  has  enjoyed. ..  .1  regard 
the  paper  as  the  most  authoritative  one  we  possess  on  this  subject. 
. . .  .The  colored  plate  illustrates  the  heads  of  three  species  of  Anoa.'i  . . . 
—Elliott  Coues,  Bull  Null.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  III.,  pp.  14U-144,  July,  1878. 

ScLATER,  P.  L.  and  Sal,vin,Osbert. — On  new  Species  of  Bolivian  Birds. 
By  P.  L.  Sclater,  M.A.,  Ph.D.,  F.R.S.,'and  Osbert  Salvin,  M.A., 
F.R.S.  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  London,  1876,  pp.  352-358,  plL  xxx- 
xxxiii. 

Sclater,  P.  L.  and  Salvin,  Osbert. — Revision  of  the  Neotropical 
AnatidaD.  By  P.  L.  Sclater  and  O.  Salvin.  Proc.  Zool,  Soc. 
London,  1876,  pp.  358-412,  pi.  xxxiv. 

. .  .a  most  valuable  synopsis  of  the  Ducks  and  Geese  of  Middle  and 
Southern  America,  and  embraces  also  a  large  proportion  of  the  species 
of  North  America,  including  as  it  does  all  that  reach  Tropical  America 
in  their  migrations  . .  The  paper  closes  with  a  very  convenient  tabular 
synopsis  of  the  geographical  distribution  of  the  genera  and  species. 
-J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  Xidt.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  II.,  p.  24,  January,  1877. 

Vennor,  Henry  G. — Our  Birds  of  Prey;  or  the  Eagles,  Hawks,  and 
Owls  of  Canada.  By  Henry  G.  Vennor,  F.G.S.  Of  the  Geological 
Survey  of  Canada.  With  30  Photographic  Illustrations  by  Wm. 
Notman.  Montreal:  Published  by  Dawson  Brothers.  1876.  4to. , 
pp.  i-viii  and  1-154,  30  mounted  photographs  of  birds. 

....The  text,  which  is  largely  compiled  from  the  notes  of  other 


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writeni,  ^iveH  a  fnirlv  div;«*Ht«'<l  Kiiiiininrv  nf  tlic  imiiviiliiiil  hiBtorj*  of 
eiMjh  Mpwjien  ...  T.  M.  H..  IMl.  .\ult  (>rn\th.  I'lul,.  Vol.  IF.,  pp.  '24.20, 
Jantury,  1877. 

1877. 

Uarrowh,  W.  IJ. — Catalogue  of  the  AK*i»l;i'  coiitiiiued  in  MuHeuni  of 

the  lio.Hton  Smnety  of  Natural  HiHtory.  with  a  review  nud  proponed 

ehisHiticutiou  of  the  Family.   ]{y  W.  H.  JJarrows.    J'roc.  Boston  Soc. 

Nat.  Hist.,  Vol.  XIX.,  pp.  150  105.       November,   1877. 

.  . .  .Tho  true  aftinitieH  of  tho  species  ho  (Mr.  narrows)  lielieve.s  can 
only  be  dotennined  by  a  tliorou^h  study  ot  their  tinbryolo^ical  develop- 
ment. The  charactt^r  of  this  paper  indicates  that  in  .Mr.  Uarrows  we 
have  ft  valuable  accession  to  our  corps  of  ornitholo^icul  students.  — 
J.  A.  \.,  Hull.  .\>dl.  OrnUli.  Cluh,  Vol.  III.,  p.  «(',,  .\pril,  1M7H. 

Bknduie,  Chable.s  E. — Notes  ou  some  of  the  liirds  found  in  South- 
eastern Oregoti,  particularly  in  the  V'ieinity  of  Camp  Harney,  from 
November,  187't,  to  January,  1877.  IJy  Ca|)tain  Charles  IJendire, 
U.  S.  Army.  J'roc.  Boston  .sV.  Nut.  Hi.sl.,  Vol.  XIX.,  pp.  109-141), 
Nov.,  1877. 

...  a  list  enibraeiuy  one  )uindr<  d  and  ninety  one  species  and 
varieties  ..  Aside  from  some  former  notes  by  the  same  author.... we 
have  here  our  tirst  detailed  information  respecting  the  ornithology  of 
the  immediate  region  luuler  consideration  . .  The  list  is  enriched  with 
copious  biographical  notes,  including,'  descrii)tioiis  of  the  breeding- 
liabits,  nests,  and  eggs  of  a  large  number  of  the  less  well-known  species, 
and  forms  a  most  impi^rtant  contribution  to  the  ornithology  of  the  West. 
-J.  A.  A.,  Dull.  Xittt.  OrnUh    Vtnlj.  Vol.  III.,  p.  SI,  Aj)ril.  1878. 

BriJKouuH.s,  JouN. — Wake-Kobiu.  By  John  Burroughs.  Second  Edi- 
tion, corrected,  enlarged  and  illustrated  (cut).  New  York:  Pub- 
lished by  Hnrd  and  Houghton.  Cambridge:  The  Riverside  Pre.ss, 
1877,  16mo.,  pp.  1-25G,  froiitisj>iece  and  wood  cuts. 

Hurd  and  Houghton  have  rej)rinted  Mr.  John  liurrouglis's  charm- 
ing little  volume  "  Wuke  liobin."  wherein  the  wild  wood-life  of  the 
birds,  from  Wnshington  to  the  Adirondacks  is  picturesquely  sketched. 
Mr.  Burroughs  has  n  keen  eye  and  a  loving  heart  towards  the  birds 
^-E.  I..  JMl.  yull.  Orwili.  Cluh,  Vol.  II.,  pp.  1"^,  I'.t,  April,  1877. 

Elliot,  D.  G. — Review  of  the  Ibidiuje,  or  Subfamily  of  the  Ibi.ses. 
By  D.  G.  Elliot,  F.B.S.E.,  F.L.S.,  etc.,  etc.  /'roc.  Zoul.  Soc. 
IjOndon,  1877,  pp.  -177  510,  pi.  li. 

...Mr.  Elliot  treats  the  Ibises  and  Sjiooiibills  as  subfiimilies  of 
one  family,  for  which  he  adopts  the  imme  UndUlir.  After  a  short  rt-tumt- 
of  the  literature  of  the  subject  he  giv,^s  a  key  to  the  nineteen  genera 
(three  being  new),  amoiit,'  which  he  distributes  his  twenty-tive  sj)ecies 
Then  follows  a  systematic;  review  of  the  species,  with  their  princijial 
synonomy,  and  various  critical  and  descriptive  remarks  with  generally 
a  short  acc(uuit  of  their  habits  nnil  geographical  distribution....  - 
J.  A.  A.,  Hull.  Xi'tt.  Ornilh.  Chh,  Vol.  III.,  p.  IHi,  October,  187M. 


Feilden,  H.  W. — List  of  Birds  observed  in  Smith  Sound,  and  in  the 
Polar  Basin  during  the  Arctic  Expedition  of  1875-7G.  By  H.  W. 
Feilden.      The  Ibis,  Fourth  Series,  Vol.  I.,  pp.  401-412,  October, 

1877. 

.  . .  .enumerates  twenty- four  species  observed . ..."  in  Smith  Sound 
and  northward  between  the  seventy-eighth  and  eighty-third  degrees  of 
north  latitude,". ..  .The  quite  detailed  notes  respecting  the  species  of 
this  list  render  it  a  paper  of  unu.sual  interest.  ^J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  Nxdt. 
Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  III.,  p.  86,  April,  1878. 

Gentuy,  Thomas  G. — Life-Histories  of  the  Birds  of  Eastern  Penn- 
sylvania. By  Thomas  G.  Gentry.  Vol.  II.,  Svo.,  pp.  336.  The 
Naturalist's  Agency,  Salem,  Mass.,  1877. 

...  .It  abounds  in  original  observation.s,  combined  with  much  that 
is  gleaned  from  other  authors. . .  .Despite  some  faults  of  execution,  the 
work  before  us  contributes  much  of  value  respecting  the  habits  of  our 
birds,  and  records  many  interesting  points  in  their  history  not  given 
by  previous  writers. — J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  Nidt.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  III.,  pp. 
36.  37,  January,  1878. 

Harvie  Bkown,  J.  A. — On  the  Distribution  of  Birds  in  North  Russia- 
Part  I.  On  the  Distribution  of  Birds  of  the  Lower  Petchora,  in 
Northeast  Bussia.  Part  II.  Longitudinal  Distribution  of  Species 
North  of  64«  30'  N.  lat.,  or  the  Northern  Division.  Part  III. 
On  the  Longitudinal  Distribution  of  the  Birds  of  the  Southern 
Division  (between  64>^°  N.  and  58°-60o  N.).  By  J.  A.  Harvie- 
Brown.  A?innl.<!  and  Mngazitie  of  Natiirnl  History,  April,  July, 
and  September,  1877. 

....  By  means  of  a  system  of  symbols  the  range  of  each  of  the  two 
hundred  and  eighty-one  positively  identified  or  authentic  species  is 
given  in  tables,  in  such  a  way  as  to  indicate  the  abundance  or  scarcity 
of  the  species  in  each  of  the  several  districts  ...It  is  good  work  in  a 
most  important  direction  . .  .The  numberof  circumpolar  species  (nearly 
tifty)  embraced  in  these  lists  render  these  papers  ot  special  interest  to 
students  who  commonly  confine  their  attention  to  the  birds  of  the 
North  American  Region. — J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  yuii.  Urnith.  Ch/b,  Vol.  III.,  pp. 
35,  36,  January,  1878. 

Henshaw,  H.  W. — Annual  Report  upon  the  Geographical  Surveys 
West  of  the  One-Hundredth  Meridian,  etc.  By  George  M. 
Wheeler,  First  Lieutenant  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.  Being  Appen- 
dix NN  of  the  Annual  Report  of  Engineers  for  1877.  Washing- 
ton: Government  Printiug-Office,  1877.  Report  on  the  Ornitho- 
logy of  Portions  of  Nevada  and  California.  By  Mr.  H.  W.  Hen- 
shaw.    Pp.  1303-1322. 

....following  is  a  systematic  and  very  able  consideration  of  the 
faunal  provinces  of  the  United  States. . .  .The  full  results  of  the  season's 
work  are  given  in  two  detailed  lists,  entitled,  respectively,  "List  of 
Birds  observed  near  Carson  City,  Nevada,  from  August  25  to  Septem- 
ber  16,   and  from  November  10   to  November   20,  1876,  with  Notes," 


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untl  '•  Lint  of  HinJH  olmcrviMl  on  I  Ik-  F^nHtcrn  Slope  of  the  Sierms,  near 
OirHoii  I'ity,  N(!vii<h».  from  Sfi.t(iiil)«r  K.  to  Novfiiib«r  7,  with  Notes." 
The  j{<;nnH   Pa.isrfrllu  in  uKiiin  ovrTlniulwl. . . .   -W.  K,  Bull.  \SuU. 
OniiUi.  Cluh,  Vol.  Ill  ,  i>i).  137.  13«,  July,  1878. 

Lanouon,  Fb.\nk  W. — A   Cutulogue  of  tlio  Biitl.s  of   tin-  vicinity  of 

C'iuciiiiittti.  with  Notes.      By  Frank  W.  Langdon.     Salem,  MasH. 

The  Nattirulist's  Agency,  1S77,  8vo. ,  i)p.  18. 

...  iiiihruccK  two  hundied  ami  sevf nty-iiin*-  spccieH,  about  one 
third  of  which  are  niarkrd  (xh  known  to  breed  in  the  vicinity...  The 
list  in  evidently  prepared  with  care,  and  ^ives  a  convenient  an<l  un- 
doubtediv  trustwortliy  suumiary  of  the  Avian  Fauna  of  the  Iccalitv  of 
which  it  treatK.-  J.  A.  A..  Bull.  ^Hlt.  Ortiilh.  Clul,.  Vol.  III.,  p.  34,  Jan- 
uary, 1878. 

Lawhknce,  Geokoe  N. — Deecriptions  of  New  Species  of  Birds  from 
the  I.shintl  of  Dominica.  By  George  N.  Lawrence.  Anr..  N.  Y. 
Aoifi.  Sci.,  Vol.  I.,  pp.  4f>-  41).     Ifi.sued  Dec,  1877. 

The  important  explorations  by  Mr.  F.  A.  Ober  in  some  of  the 
smaller  West  India  Islands  (Lesser  Antilles'have  l)een  rich  in  interest- 
ing results  relating  to  birds  The  collections  and  observations  made 
by  Mr.  Ober  have  been  made  the  l>iisis  of  several  recent  papers  by  Mr. 
(leorge  N  Lawrence,  in  which  no  less  than  fourteen  species  siipposed 
to  be  new  have  been  described  J.   .\.   A.,   Jiull.  3wW.  Urnith.  Club, 

Vol.  IV..  pp.  48,  4i»,  January,  lH7i). 

McCailey,  C.  a.  H. — Notes  on  the  Ornithology  of  the  Region  about 

the  Source  of  the  lied  Kiver  of  Texas,  from  Observations  made 

during  the  Exploration  conducted  by  Lieutenant  E.  H.  Ruffuer, 

Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.     By  C.  A.  H.  McCauley,  Lieutenant 

Third  United  States  Artillery.      Annotated  by  Dr.  Elliott  Coues, 

U.  S.  A.       Bull,  U,  S.  Geol.  and  (ieo/jr.  Snrr.  of  Terr.,  Vol.  III., 

No.  3,  pp.  655-1595.  May  15,  1877. 

. . .  The  pai)er  includes  notices  of  ul  tint  one  hundred  species,  with 
quite  copious  notes  respecting  the  habits  of  a  considerable  proportion 
of  them,  with,  in  some  cases,  d6.scriptions  of  their  nests  and  ej^gs. . .  . 
—J.  A.  A  ,  Bull.  Null.  OrnUh.  Club,  Vol.  II.,  pp.  7t),  77.  July,  1877. 

Mekhiam,  C  Haht. — A  review  of  the  Birds  of  Couueetiout,  with 
Remarks  on  their  Habits.  Jiy  ('.  Hart  Merriam.  Trnns.  Conn. 
AohI.  of  Arls  and  Sciences,  Vol.  IV.,  pp.  1-150,  July-Oct.,  1877. 

.  .  .  .Since  the  appearance  of  Linsit y's  "Catalogue  of  the  Birds  of 
Connecticut"  in  1843,  no  detailed  enumeration  of  the  V)irds  of  that  State 
has  been  published.  Hence  tlie  advent  of  Mr.  Merriam"s  jiaper  must 
be  hailed  with  interest  by  all  engaged  in  the  study  of  New  England 
Ornithology.  Tlie  author  gives  in  all  two  hundred  and  ninety-two 
species  .  In  the  careful  elaboration  of  interesting  details  culled  from 
personal  exi)erience  and  tlie  note-books  of  well-known  an<l  trustworthy 
field  collectors,  this  pajier  is  most  rich  . .  W.  ii..  Hull.  Sutt.  OrnUh. 
Clnb,  Vol.  II.,  pp.  107.  108,  October,  1877. 


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MiNOT,  H.  D. — The  Land-birds  and  Gume-birds  of  New  England,  with 
descriptions  of  the  birds,  their  nests  and  eggs,  their  habits  and 
notes.     With  iUustrations.     By  H.  D.  Minot. 

"  To  him  who  in  the  lovo  of  Nature  holdu 
"Comnuinion  with  her  visible  forms,  she  speaks 
"  A  various  language ;" 

Bryant's  Thanatopsis. 

Salem,  Mass.     Naturalists'  Agency.      Boston  :    Estes  Sz  Lauriat. 
1877.     8vo.,  pp.  i-xvi  and  1-456,  frontispiece  and  woodcuts. 

.  ..the  descriptions,  however,  are  tersely  original...  the  most 
prominent  and  most  original  features  of  the  work  are  the  artificial 
'keys."....— E.  C,  Bull.  Null.  Ornilk.  Club,  Vol.  II.,  pp.  49,  50,  April, 
1877. 

. .  .  the  book  has  never  been  reviewed  on  its  merits,  and  things 
which  should  have  been  severely  censured  have  passed  nearly  unchal- 
Ipn^ed  up  to  the  present  time  .  .  leaving  out  the  faulty  portions,  which 
in  nearly  all  cases  relate  to  abstract  points  similar  to  those  just  cited 
[careless  methods  of  work  and  identification],  the  pages  bear  the  im- 
press of  accurate  observation  und  original  thought,  while  no  one  who 
loves  the  out-door  side  of  Nature  can  fail  to  symptitbize  with  the 
autbor's  sentiment  or  to  be  impressed  by  the  truth  and  beauty  of  many 
of  his  passages  It  is  a  pity  that  one  who  writes  so  delightfully  will 
mar  his  work  bv  a  persistent  adhesion  to  false  principles. — William 
iirewster,   Bull.  Nutt.  Ornilh.  Club,  Vol.  VI.,   pp.  242-244,  October,  18Sl. 

Nelson,  E.  W. — Birds  of  Northeastern  Illinois.  By  E.  W.  Nelson. 
B7ill.  Essex  InsL,  Vol.  VIII.,  pp.  90-155,  April,  1877. 

It  is  not,  however,  from  the  simple  enumeration  of  species  that 
this  list  derives  its  chief  value  and  interest,  but  from  the  unusually 
connplete  and  satisfactory  character  of  the  biogi'aphical  annotations, 
which  embrace  good  descri^Jtions  of  the  habits  of  many  birds  previously 
but  little  known  ...— W.  B.,  Bull.  Null.  Orniih  Club,  Vol.  II.,  pp.  68, 
69,  July,  1877. 

Nelson,  E.  W. — Notes  upon  Birds  observed  in  Southern  Illinois,  be- 
tween July  17  and  September  4,  1875.  By  E.  W.  Nelson.  Bull. 
Essex  InsL,  Vol.  IX.,  pp.  32-65,  June,  1877. 

. .  .contains  much  information  respecting  the  distribution,  habits, 
and  relative  abundance  of  the  summer  birds  of  the  southern  portion  of 
the  .  .  .State —J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  Null.  Orniih.  Club,  Vol.  III.,  p.  36,  Jan- 
uary, 1878. 

Rathbun,  Frank  R. — A  Partial  Catalogue  of  the  Birds  of  Central 
New  York,  from  observations  taken  in  the  Counties  of  Cayuga, 
Seneca,  and  Wayne  by  Mr.  H.  G.  Fowler,  of  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  and 
from  the  Cabinet  of  Skins  of  New  York  Birds  collected  by  Mr. 
J.  B.  Gilbert,  of  Penn  Yan,  Yates  County.  Divided  and  arranged 
in  accordance  with  the  "  Check  List  of  North  American  Birds," 
by  Elliott  Coues,  M.D.,  U.  S.  A.,  and  dedicated  to  the  Cayuga 
Historical  Society.  By  Frank  B.  Rathbun.  Aubiii-n  Daily  Ad- 
vertiser (newspaper)  of  August  14,  1877. 

The  list  contains  one  hundred  and  ninety -one  species,  with 

brief  notes  on  their  relative  abundance,  times  of  migration,  etc.     The 

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li«t  l)ettrH  cviilonco  of  trust wortliiiifHR. .  ,     -J.  A.  A..  KuU.  Null.  Ornilh. 
Chih,  Vol.  III.,  pp.  ai,  Ilf).  Jimuury.  1878. 

Ukk-iirnow.    Anton. -H.VHtt'UmtiHolir    Uclu'i-siclit    <1»t    Ht'hn'itviigcl 

(OroHHoros),  t'in«>r  imtiirlichcji,  <li«'  Il)i<l!f,  Oiconiid;!-,  PlKi'iiicoji- 

t»'ri<ln'.  Soopidif.  BHl:ii)icipi«l!f,  uinl  An]«'i(lic  iiiiifaHs«'ii»lt'n  Onl- 

iiiiii^'.       Von    Dr.    Ant.    Rriclu-now.    AsHJ.sunt    am    kf,'l.    zoolop. 

Miiscnm  in  IJi-rlin.       .louriuil /iir  (}niilhol<>;/i<\   XXV  Jalirgiing, 

jtp.  l\:\  171,  2'2r,  '278.  pll.  i.  ii.     April  and  Jiilv.  1H77. 

....He  «1ko  tlirows  f>vcr  all  "  Imrlmrfnis  "  nnnxs,  whcflK-r  Hpecitic 
or  yonorio,  nil  nnincH  ot  orronoouH  HJ^'tiificalion.  and  all  cliiKsical  nanifs 
improperly  ooiistructod  I'ndi-r  flici-o  r<stric(ii)iis  many  lonj^-eKtal) 
lislicil  and  fiimiliar  dt-sij^nulions  lull,  to  l»o  n-plactd  1-y  tlio  next  (inDr 
ICtichcnow'.s  view)  iinolijoctionaldf  naim-.  In  dftiiiilt  of  any  siifh  our 
Hutlior  procoods  to  sup|ily  tln'  ilfticifncy .  .  \Sliil<'  dirt'erin^^  from  Dr. 
Kfiilunow  res|)totin>4  imj»ortnnt  priticiplis  of  nomcnclnturo.  and  on 
vanotm  points  of  cla.'isitication.  wo  can  Imf  accuid  to  liis  i)ap<r  a  liigli 
importance,  as  it  evinces  lalxrious  and  carffnl  research,  and  embraces 
a  vast  amount  of  information,  sncttinctly  and  lucidly  ]>resented,  tliat 
will  l)e  of  (.;reat  service  to  future  workers  in  tlie  same  tiel<l.  J.  .\.  A., 
Hull.  .\>itt.   OruUh.  riuh.  Vol    III.,  pj..    1S3   ISo,  October,  187.S. 

KiDiav.w,  UoiiEitT. — Koport  of  (>0(dogi(^fil  Explorations  of  tlio  Fortieth 
Parallol.  (Clarence  King,  Gt^ologist  in  Charge.  Vol.  IV.,  Part 
III  ,  Ornith(dogy.    By  R(d)ort  Kidgway.    -ito.,  pp.  :j():j-r>70.    JS77. 

...  .a  thorough  and  exhaustive  account  of  the  ornithology  of  an 
interesting  belt  of  country.  The  observations  were  maiidy  limited  to 
that  portion  of  the  Great  ]>asin  included  between  the  thirty  ninth  and 
forty-second  parallels  an<l  extending;  from  the  Sierra  Nevada  tf)  the 
Wahsntch  Mountains  .  in  joint  of  nomenidature  it  represents  the 
author's  later  views  -  J.  A.  A  ,  Hull  Xitti.  <)i i,Uh.  Cltih.  Vol.  HI.,  i>i).  »2, 
8:{   April,  1S78. 

RoosKVELT,  Theodoke,  Jh. ,  und  MiNoT,  H.  D. — Tlie  Suunner  Birds 
of  the  Adirondacks  in  Franklin  County,  N.  Y.  By  Tlioudore 
Roosevelt,  Jr.,  and  H.  D.  Minot.     .Svo.,  jip.  4,  1S77. 

...  .a  very  acceptable  list  of  the  summer  birds  of  the  .Adirondacks 
embracing  ninety-seven  species.  .  .1.  A.  A,  L'nll.  yull  OruHh.  Cluh. 
Vol.  III.,  p.  3().  .January,  1S78. 

Hv  far  tlie  best  of  these  recent  (local)  lists  which  I  have  seen.  .  .  . — 
C.  H.  M.,  Ihill.  Xutt.  Ornilh.  I'lxh.  Vol.  Jll  .  \>.  N5,  April,  1878. 

Rowley,  G.  J). — Soinatoria  hibradoria  (J.  F.  (inielin).  The  I'ied 
Duck.  By  G.  D.  Rowley,  M.  A.,  F.L.S..  F.Z.S.,  etc-.,  etc.  Ornith- 
ological Mi.scellany,  Vol.  II.,  Part  VI.,  pp.  -iOG-'i-i:},  with  5  plates, 
1H77.  London:  B.  (^naritcli,  in  Piccadilly,  W. ;  Triibner  &  Co., 
Ludgate  Hill,  E.  C.  ;  H.  II.  Porter.  i\  Tcnterden  St.,  Hanover 
S<pmre,  W. 

...  a  timely  and  exhaustive  contribution  to  the  liistory  of  a  species 
'iplieved  to  be  rapidly  approaching  txtinction  ....  .Mr.  Kowley  here  gives 


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not  only  the  literary  history  of  the  species,  but  discusses  its  relation- 
ship to  the  Eiders —  J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  Hutt.  Oniith.  Cluh,  Vol.  III.,  pp. 

79.  80,  April,  1878. 

Salvin,  Osueut. — Salviii  on  the  Procellariidio.  Rowley's  Ornitholog- 
ical Miscelluuy.     Tart  IV.     London,  1887. 

. . .  Tliis  paper  is  in  two  parts.  The  first  is  devoted  to  an  exami- 
nation of  the  unpublished  "Hanks'  drawings,"  and  the  manuscripts  of 
Dr.  Solaudcr,  so  far  as  they  relate  to  tiie  Petrels  . .  .Mr.  Salvin's  second 
paper  is  a  careful  exaiuiuiition  of  the  new  species  of  Petrels  obtained  by 
Dr.  II.  H.  Giglioli  durin}^  the  voyage  of  the  Italian  corvette  "  Magenta  " 

round  the  world -T.   M.   B  ,  Bu'l.  I^'uti.  Ornllh    Club,   Vol.  II.,  pp. 

fiO,  70,  July,  1877. 

Shakpe,  R.  Bowdlek. — Catalogue  of  the  Birds  of  the  British  Museum. 

Vol.  III.    Catalogue  of  the  Coliomorphio,  containing  the  families 

Corvidie,  Pai'adiseid:r,  Oriolida;,  Dicrurid;i%  and  Prionopidse.    By 

R.  Bowdler  Sharpe.     8vo.,  pp.  xiii.,  344,  pll.  xiv.     1877. 

In  the  third  volume  Mr.  Sharpe  enters  upon  the  great  series  of 
Passerine  Birds  The  species  here  described  by  Mr.  Sharpe  number 
three  liundred  and  sixty-seven. ...  We  are  sorry  to  see  several  in- 
stances ot  the  use  of  the  same  name  in  a  generic  and  specific  sense  for 
the  same  species.  .  .  . — J.  A.  A.,  BhH.  Xuti.  (Jrnilh.  Club,  Vol.  III.,  pp.  78, 
79,  April,  1878. 

Stueets,  Thomas  H.  —  Contributions  to  the  Natural  History  of  the 
Hawaiian  and  Fanning  Islands  and  Lower  California,  made  in  con- 
nection witli  the  United  States  North  Pacific  Surveying  Expedi- 
tion, 1873-75.  By  Thos.  H.  Streets,  M.D.,  Passed  Assistant 
Surgeon,  U.  S.  Navy.  Bull.  U.  S.  Nit.  Mus.,  No.  7,  8vo.,  (Birds, 
pp.  9-33),  Washington,  1877. 

...  includes  notes  on  about  fifty  species  of  birds,  of  which  rather 
more  than  one-half  were  collected  on  the  coast  of  Lower  California  and 
adjoining  portions  of  the  Mexican  coast.  The  author  acknowledges  his 
indebtedness  to  Dr.  Elliott  L'oues.  U.  S.  A.,  for  the  identification  of  the 
birds,  and  adds  that  helms  "kindly  furnished  the  notes  accompanying 
that  portion  of  the  ornithological  collection  from  theCaliforniau  Penin- 
sula '■.  .  .  there  are  many  valuable  biographical  and  other  notes  on  sev- 
eral hitherto  little  known  species.— J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  Xntl.  Ornith  Cub,  Vol. 
III.,  pp.  80,  81,  April,  1878. 

WiLLAKD,  S.  L. — A  List  of  the  Birds  of  Central  New  York.  Utica, 
N.  Y.,  1877.     By  S.  L.  Willard,  Esq.     16  pp. 

The  aiithor's  remarks  in  the  way  of  a  prelude  are  thus  briefly  ex- 
pressed :  "  The  following  is  a  complete  list  of  the  birds  of  Central  New 
York,  with  notes  on  their  abundance."  This  migLt  lead  one  to  expect 
a  valuable  contribution  to  our  science,  but  a  perusal  of  the  "List'" 
proves  this  supposition  to  be  erroneous.... — C.  H.  M.,  Bull.  XuH. 
Or-idlh.  Club,  Vol.  111.,  pp.   83,  84,  April,  1878. 


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Am.kn,  J.  A.  -A  Lint  of  tilt'  Jiirdsof  MiussuelniHetts,  witli  AiiiiDhitions, 
Uy  J.  A.  All.'ii.      llitH.    Essex  IfisL,  Vol.  X.,  pp.  :\  :J7,  April,  1H78. 

It  in  Holiloiii  tbiit  (>ri<-  iiiontM  with  a  locnl  cntolo^'no  more  thoroughly 
HntiHfnctnry  in  ail  «'HHci>tinl  rosptTts  tlmii  tin;  present  on*-  ...this  list 
preHoutH  tile  iiitineH  (•!' three  hiimlretl  aiiil  sixteen  Npi'i-jes  of  iwcerttiined 
ootMurence  in  MiiMMiehu«<'lts,  not  one  of  whieli  c^iin  he  elmlh-n^'ed.  .  .  . 
ouo  hundrnd  iind  tiiirty-live  ure  nmrked  iih  i)ree(lin^,'  within  the  Stiite 
.  Thirtv-fivt)  North  AiiKriciin  hinls  havc^  heen  mhled  to  the  Massii- 
chu8ett«  liHt  since  1MG7.  T.  M  It.,  Ihill  yutl.  OrniHi.  Vluh.  Vol  III.,  pp 
13«-140,  July.  1878. 

Ai;<iiiBY,  S.xMiiEi... — Notes  on  tlio  Naturo  of  the  Footl  of  the  Birils  of 

Nehraskii.       By    Professor    Samuel    Aii^hey,    of    Liiu-oln,    Neb. 

First  Ann.  Hep.  U.  S.  Enl.  Covim.  for  Ihf  Year  1H77.    Appendix  II., 

pp.  13-62.     1878. 

....The  list  nuinhers  two  hundred  und  fifty  species,  and  hence 
incluiles  a  i)retty  larj^e  proportion  of  the  birds  that  visit  the  State,  and 
ns  the  list  relates  ostensibly  to  onlj-  locust-eatinj^  species,  our  first  fetd- 
i^^;  x-*  one  of  surprise  that  it  should  he  so  lar^e  .Mthou^h  Mr. 
.-Xuj^liey's  paper  hears  especially  upon  the  subject  of  birds  as  grass- 
hopper destroyers,  it  forms  at  the  same  time  a  valuahlt-  faunal  list  of  the 
liirds  of  Southern  Nebraska,  containing  notes  relating  to  the  relative 
abundance  and  season  of  most  of  the  species.  -  J.  A.  A  ,  Ihdl  Miitt. 
Onilth.  Vtiib,  Vol.  IV  ,  pi).  110,  111,  April,  1S7'.» 

AfoURY,  SAMiKii. — Some  facts  and  considerations  concerning  the 
beneficial  work  of  birds.  By  Professor  Samuel  Aughey,  of  Lin- 
coln, Neb.  First  Ann.  fit'p.  U.  S.  Ent.  0>mm.  for  the  Vettr  1877, 
pp.  338-3.-)0,  1878. 

...ft  special  commuuicatioa  on  the  general  subject  of  the  useful- 
ness of  birds,  with  particular  regard.  Iiowever,  to  the  locust  question 
...  .he  concludes  that  even  the  majority  of  Ilaptorial  l)irds  should  be 
protected  ...He  believes  that  sooner  or  later  the  prottction  of  useful 
birds  should  become  not  onlv  a  national,  but  an  international  matter, 

—J.   A.   A.,    Bull.    Sutl.  (')rnilh    C7«6,  Vol.   IV.,   pp.    Ill,    112,   April, 

1879. 

Bkeweh,  T.  M. — Notes  on  certain    Species  of    New  England  Birds, 

with  Additions  to  his  Catalogue  of  the  Birds  of  New  lingland. 

By  T.  M.  Brewer.     I'ruc.   IJoston  .Soc.   2i<tt.  Hist.,\ul   XIX.,  pp. 

301-309,  April,  1878. 

This  paper  adds  twenty-one  species  to  the  "  Catalogu*;  of  the  Birds 
of  New  England,"  published  by  this  author  in  1H75,  and  contains  notes 
on  twenty-seven  other  species  of  rare  occurrence  iu  New  England.  The 
whole  nuuiher  of  "  recognized  forms  "  now  admitted  by  him  as  having 
been  taken  in  New  England  istliree  hundred  and  tiftv-six  .  .  J.  A.  .\., 
Bull.  Sutl.  Ornith.  Ciuh.  Vol.  III.,  p.  185.  October,  l!S78. 

BUBEAU,  LoTi.s. — De  la  Miie  du  Boc  et  des  Oruemeuts  Paljx'brau.x  du 


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Macarenx  arctique,  Fratercula  arctica  (Lin.)  Steph.,  apres  la  saison 

(los  amours.     Par  le  Docteur  Louis  Bureau.     Extrnit  du  Bulletin 

(le  la  ISociete  Zoologique  de  France,  1877.     8vo.     Paris,  1878.     Pp. 

1-21,  pll.  iv.,  V. 

The  remarkable  changes  which  the  bill  and  eyelids  of  the  Common 
Puffin  undergo  after  the  breeding  season  have  been  hitherto  unknown 
The  authors  exposition  of  tlie  matter  reveuls  a  phenomenon  as  vet 
iinparalleled  among  birds  The  author  concludes  this  reiuarkable 
paper  with  some  pertinent  and  suggestive  observations  on  other  species 
<  f  Fralercula  and  on  Liinda  cbrhala.  -  Elliott  Coues,  Bull.  Autt.  Oruilh. 
Vlub,  Vol.  III.,  pp.  87-'Jl,  April    1878. 

Cory,  Chakles  B. — A  Naturalist  in  the  Magdalen  Islands  ;  giving  a 

Description  of  the  Islands,  and  List  of  the  Birds  taken  tliere,  with 

other   Ornithological   Notes.     By   Charles   B.  Cory.     Illustrated 

from  Sketches  Ijy  the  Author.     Boston,  1878.     Small  4to.     Part 

II.,  Catalogue   of    Birds   taken   or   observed    in    the    Magdalen 

Islands,   with  Notes  regarding  those  found  breeding,   etc.,   etc. 

Pp.  33-83. 

In  a  sumptuous  little  quarto  Mr.  C.  B.  Cory  has  given  an  account 
of  a  summer  trip  to  the  Magdalen  Islands  in  the  Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence. 
. . .  .Part  I.  consists  of  a  general  account  of  the  Islands  .  and  direc- 
tions how  to  reach  the  Magdalen  group,  etc.  Part  II.  gives  a  list  of 
one  hundred  and  nine  species  observed  and  taken  by  the  author  . . 
The  annotations  relate  mainly  to  the  habits  and  relative  abundance  of 
the  species  . . . — J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  NuU.  Ornlth.  Club,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  171,  July, 
1879, 

CouES,  Elliott. —Birds  of  the  Colorado  Valley.  A  Repository  of 
Scientific  and  Popular  Information  concerning  North  American 
Ornithology.  By  Elliott  Coues.  Part  First.  Passeres  to  Lani- 
ida).  Bibliographical  Appendix.  Seventy  illustrations  (wood- 
cuts). 8vo.  Pp.  xvi.,  807.  Washington:  Government  Printing 
Office,  1878.  "  Miscellaneous  Publications,  No.  11,"  of  the 
United  States  Geological  Survey  of  the  Territories,  F.  V.  Hay  den, 
U.  S.  Geologist-in- Charge. 

In  point  of  completeness,  mode  of  execution,  and  general  useful- 
ness, the  bibliography  here  under  notice  far  excels  any  natural  history 
bibliograpbj'  known  to  us,  and  deserves  to  rank  with  the  best  bibliog- 
raphies of  any  department  of  literature,  and  may  well  serve  as  a  mndel 
for  futiire  workers  in  similar  fields. . .  .As  regards  the  general  work,  or 
the  "Birds  of  the  Colorado  Valley"  as  a  whole,  no  more  important 
contribution  to  the  subject  of  North  American  Oroithology  than  this 
promises  to  be  has  for  a  long  time  appeared,  and  none  covering  all 
points  of  the  field  here  taken  ;....—.!.  A.  A..  Bull.  Xutt.  OrniUt.  Club, 
Vol.  IV.,  pp.  54-57,  January,  1879. 

CouES,  Elliott. — Field  Notes  on  Birds  observed  in  Dakota  and  Mon- 
tana along  the  Forty-ninth  Parallel  during  the  Seasons  of  1873  and 
1874.    By  Dr.  Elliott  Coues,  U.  S.  A.,  late  Surgeon  and  Naturalist 


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r.  8.  Northorn  Hoiitulary  CouimiKHion.     Bull.  V.  S.  CmiI.  Surrey 

n/thf  Territorieg,  Vol.  IV.,  No.  ."J,  pp.  545  (5(5 1.     July  '2'.>,  1H78. 

Tin-  ohmTvutionH  ri'liitf  timiiily  to  tin;  country  .  .  (roiii  l'eiii))iDii  on 
till'  Kftl  KiviT  to  t>i«  Kocky  .MountainH. . .  .u  diKtutuM^  of  ithoiit  ci^ht 
liiitiilri'il  iiii'l  tilty  niiioH.  Dr.  ('oiuh  in  IiIm  |ir<'limitiiir_v  rfinurkK  diviiJes 
tilt'  country  triivi>rst><l  into  tlin'c  rcuiofis.  wliioli  In-  tf-rins  rt-spectivriy 
tlu"  "  U»'(l  KivtT  Kt'nion."  tli<>  •' .Mitxoiiri  K'*>iion."  lUi'l  tlu!  •Kooky 
Moiintnin  K<>;i<>n  "  TIh- physical  arul /.hd'.o^jkmI  clmniolori«ticHr)i  tln-Ke 
rf^ionn  aro  hrittly  ditaiitMl,  to  wliich  in  aildoil  a  talmlnr  tniiiniTtition  of 
HOMii'  of  tliu  more  coiiNpiciioiis  l>ir(ls  of  tin-  tlircc  r<  ^^ions.  Tln'n  followH 
a  copiously  iinnotatt'il  list  of  ail  the  sp«cios  olmot veil  .  .  J.  A.  A.,  Hull. 
SiiU.  ilniitli.  I'liih,  Vol.  IV.,  pp.  4'.l,  So,  January.  lH7".t. 

JoKi>.\N,  Davik  Stauk  — Maiiiiiil  of  the  Vertelirut«'.s  of  the  United 
Stiite.s,  iii<>liiilin({  tlir  iJi.strict  ('iiHt  of  the  Mi.s.sis.sippi  liiver,  and 
north  of  North  C.irolirm  iiud  Teiine.ssoo,  excliisivt;  of  Marine  Spe- 
cit'«.  By  David  8tarr  Jordiin,  Ph.D.,  M.D.,  etc.  Second  Edition, 
revised  and  enlarged.  Chicago:  McClurg  \- Co.,  1878.  12mo. , 
pp.  407. 

. . .  .the  second  edition  has  not  only  been  to  some  extent  "  revi.sed," 
but  onlarRed  by  the  addition  of  upwards  of  tifty  pafjes  of  new  matter. 
.    .The  account  of  the  fishes  has  been  entirely  rewritten   ...—  J.  A. 
A.,  liuU.  XulL  Ornilh.  Cluh,  Vol.  III.,  pp.  14.").  lH),  July.  187H. 

Lawkence,  Geokoe  N. — Desciiptions  of  Seven  New  Species  of  Birds 
from  the  Island  of  St.  Vincent,  West  Indies.  By  George  N.  Law- 
rence. Ann.  N.  v.  Acrid.  Sci.,  Vol.  I.,  pp.  HfJ-l.'S'i.  Is.sued  May- 
September,  1878. 

Lawkence,  Georue  N.  —  Descriptions  of  Suppo-ed  New  Species  of 
Birds  from  the  Islands  of  (irenada  and  Dominica,  West  Indies. 
By  George  N.  Lawrence.  Ann.  X.  V.  Acaii.  Sci.,  Vol.  I.,  pp. 
160- 1G3.      Issued  May-September,  1878. 

Maynard,  C  J. — The  Birds  of  Florida,  with  the  Water  and  Game 
Birds  of  Eastern  North  America.  By  C.  J  Maynard.  Illustrated. 
4to.  Part  IV.,  pp.  8'.)~ll-2,  and  one  Plate.  C.  J.  Maynard  .t  Co., 
Newtonville.  Mass  ,  187S. 

...  .is  wholly  devoted  to  the  family  FruyjillUhf.  of  which  fourteen 
species  are  described  .  .  It  is  illustrated  with  a  tine  colored  plate  of  the 
Ipswich  or  I'allid  Sparrow  (/Vj.sse/vK/i/s  ^;r(;((f/<,s),  representing  the  adult 
in  spring;.  To  orij,'inal.  somewhat  <letailed  descriptions  of  the  dit!erent 
pha>es  of  plumage  of  the  various  si)ecies  treiited  the  author  adds  shoit, 
very  plea.santlv  written  (b'scri|)tioiis  of  their  haliits  .  .  .  J.  .\.  A.,  liull. 
Sutt.  Ornilh.  Cluh,  Vol.   IM  .  ]>.  lb").  July,  187.M. 

RiixiWAY,  llonKKT. — Studies  of  the  Anjericaii  Ilerodiones.  Parti.— 
Synopsis  of  the  American  genera  of  Ardeida^  and  Ciconiida-  ;  in- 
cluding descriptions  of  three  new  genera,  and  a  monograph  of  the 


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American  species  of  the  genus  Ardea.  By  Robert  Ridgway. 
Bull.  U.  S.  Geol.  and  Geogr.  Surv.  of  Terr.,  Vol.  IV.,  pp.  219-251, 
February  5,  1878. 

The  first  of  a  series  of  jmpers  here  begun  deals  mainly  with  the 
Ardf'tda;  and  Ciconiida;  . .  .The  A.  xcimlemdnni  of  Baird,  which  has  been 
a  puzzle  to  ornithologists  for  twenty  years  is  considerel  to  be  tbe 
"blue  phase  "of  A.  o'cklenlnlis  .  —J.  A.  A.,  liidl.  .Will.  Orvilk.  Club, 
VoL  III.,  pp.  182,  1«3,  Ootober,  1878. 

Saunders,  Howaku. — On  the  Larina;.     By  Howard  Saunders.     Fruc. 
Zool.  Soc.  London,  1878,  pp.  115-212. 

The  whole  number  of  species  recognized  in  thi.s  pai)er  is  forty-nine, 
of  which  number  twenty  maybe  counted  as  North  American  ...Mr. 
Haunders's  paper  evinces  a  remarkable  succe.ss  in  disentangling  the 
complicated  web  of  European  Gulls...  and  the  service  rendered  by 
Mr.  Saunders  cannot  fail  to  be  appreciated  by  all  who  have  experienced 
its  need.-T.  M.  B.,  Bull.  Nutt.  OrnWi.  Club,  Vol.  III.,  pp  185-1»7, 
October,  1878. 

Sennett,  George  B. — Notes  on  the  Ornithology  of  the  Lower  Rio 

Grande  of  Texas,  from  Observations  made  during  the  Season  of 

1877.     By  George  B.  Sennett.     Edited,  with  Annotations,  by  Dr. 

Elliott  Coues,  U.  S.  A.      Bu/L  U.  S.  Geol.  and  Geogr.  Surv.  of  Terr., 

Vol.  IV.,  pp.  1-66,  February  5,  1878. 

...  .on  one  hundred  and  fifty-one  species  of  birds  observed  on  the 
southern  border  of  Texas...  Mr.  Sennett  certainly  collected  under 
many  annoyances,  but  intensely  hot  days.  . .  .did  not  prevent  his  secur- 
ing some  five  hiindred  birds,  one  of  which  is  new  to  science,  ramely, 
Sennett's  Warbler  (Parula  nigri'ora).  The  paper  is  most  carefully  com- 
mentated by  Dr.  Coues  . , .  — H.  A.  P.,  Ball.  Null.  Orniih.  Club,  Vol.  III., 
pp.  144,  145,  July,  1878. 

Stevenson,  H. — Adams's  Notes  on  the  Birds  of  Alaslia.  By  H. 
Stevenson.      The  Ibis,  ith  Series,  Vol.  II.,  pp.  420-442,  Oct.,  1878, 

Some  twenty-eight  years  ago  (October,  1850)  Mr.  Edward  4dams, 
a  surgeon  in  the  British  navy  . .  .was  sent  to  the  Kedoubt  of  Michalaski, 
on  the  shores  of  Norton  Sound,  Alaska.  He  remained  there  until  late 
in  the  following  June,  and  made  some  very  interesting  and  valuable 
notes  on  the  birds  of  the  region.  His  collections  were  given  to  the 
British  Museum,  to  Mr.  John  Gould,  and  to  the  late  Mr.  G.  R.  Gray. 
The  latter  dedicated  to  him  the  Colymhus  adamsi  . .  These  early  obser- 
vations of  Alaskan  species...  have  intrinsic  interest  and  are  well 
worthy  of  attention.— T.  M.  B.,  Bull.  Xuit.  Urnih.  Club,  Vol.  IV.,  pp. 
52,  53,  January,  1879. 

WiiiSON,  Alexander,  and  Bonaparte,  Charles  Lucian. — American 
Ornithology  ;  or,  The  Natural  History  of  the  Birds  of  the  United 
States.  Illustrated  with  plates  engraved  from  drawings  from 
Nature.  By  Alexander  Wilson  and  Charles  Lucian  Bonaparte. 
Popular  edition.  Philadelphia  :  Porter  and  Coates.  Three  vol- 
umes in  one. 

It  claims  to  be  an  exact  reproduction,  minus  the  atlas  of  colored 
plates,  of  the  $100,  three-volume  edition  issued  by  the  same  lirm  some 

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yeare  ago.  No  one  can  holp  rojoiciuR  at  any  effort  to  diRHominatc  more 
withly  UH  ncinmiDtiitu'o  with  Alt'XHnil«'r  WilHdn  iind  h'tn  clmrmini^  antl 
I>ninHt(ikiit(^  wdrk.  Hut  Hiiiiply  to  rt-priiit  Wilsdti,  tveu  with  iJoiiftparte 
added,  at  $7  ■'><•,  pointing;  out  none  t»f  tho  errors  uor  Hui>pl(3nicutinf{ 
tlie  Khortconiinns  is,  to  say  the  h'list.  utterly  uiinecesKary  to  the  ad- 
vancemcnt  of  the  seience.  — E.  I.,  Jlull.  .\iilt.  (Jrnilli.  Chili,  \'o\.  IV.,  pp 
53.  54,  January.  1IS79. 

187». 

Bkldino,  L. — A  Partial  List  of  the  Birds  of  Central  California.  By 
L.  3eltliug,  of  Stockton.  Edited  by  R.  Ridgway.  Proc.  V.  S. 
X>i(.  Miis.,  Vol.  I..  April,  187'.),  pp.  :i88-44!t. 

...  It  is  liased.  .  .  upon  observations  extending?  throuj^h  about 
twenty  years'  residence  iu  California,  and  upon  collections  made  chiefly 
durin«4  the  last  two  years,  which  have  from  time  to  time,  been  forwarded 
by  Mr.  Jk'ldin^  to  the  National  .Museum  The  number  of  species, 
exclusive  of  the  wadinj;  and  F.wimming  birds,  is  15H  .  In  respect  to 
the  desi^^nation  of  incipient  species,  Mr.  Uidgway  uniformly  adopts  the 
system  advocated  by  him  in  his  paper  on  the  use  of  trinomials  in 
zoiiloyical  nomenclature  in  the  present  numb(  r  of  the  Hulletin  .  .  As 
already  stated.  Mr.  liidf^way  was  the  lirst  to  adopt  the  system  of  pure 
trinomials,  and  we  regret  to  nott?  his  divcrj^ence  therefrom  . .  .  —  J.  A.  A., 
lUill   yult.  Ornith.  Chth.  Vol.  IV.,  i)p.  ir,7-171,  July,  187'J. 

Brewer,  T.  M. — Some  Additional  Notes  upon  Bird.s  observed  iu  New 
England,  with  the  Names  of  Five  Species  not  included  iu  his 
Previous  Lists  of  New  England  Birds.  By  T.  M.  Brewer.  Proc. 
Boston  Soc.  Nnt.  Hist.,  Vol.  XX.,  pp.  2G3-277.  Published  Decem- 
ber, 1879. 

....  It  forms  a  second  supplement  to  his  '  ■  Catalogue  of  the  Birds  of 
New  England."  published  in  187'i.  and  adds  live  species  to  the  number 
previously  recognized  by  liim  as  New  Ent-land  birds,  raising  the  whole 
number  to  301  .  These  "Notes"  form  a  convenient  and  connected 
record  of  recent  discoveries  in  relation  to  many  of  the  rarer  New 
England  birds,  and  add  more  or  less  that  is  new  respecting  some  of 
them.— J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  yxdt.  Omitli.  Ciuh,  Vol.  V.,  pp.  108,  Ui'.»,  .^pril,  1880. 

CouE.s,  Elliott. — On  the  Present  Status  of  Passer  domeslicus  in 
America,  with  Special  Reference  to  the  Western  States  aud 
Territories.  By  Dr.  Elliott  Cones,  U.  S.  A.  Bull.  U.  S.  Geol. 
and  Geogr.  Surv.  of  Ttrr.,  Vol.  V.,  pp.  17.5-193,  Sept.  6,  1879. 

....a  partial  bibliography  of,  wlmt  is  commonly  termed  the 
"Sparrow- War  in  .■\mfrica  "  in  which  are  given  the  titles  of  most  of  the 
paj)ers  relating  to  this  trouljlesome  cpiestion.  usually  with  a  short  digest 
of  the  papers  mentioned.  ...  J.  A.  .\.,  Ihi'.l.  Xxtt.  Ornitk  Club,  Vol.  V., 
p.  41,  January,  1880. 

Coves,    Elliott. — Second    Instalment    of    American    Ornithological 

Bib!i()grat)hy.     By  Dr.  Elliott  Coues,  U.  S.  A.      Bull.  U  S.  Grol. 

(tnd   Geogr.   Surv.   of  Terr..  Vol.   V.,  pj).   '239-330,  Septonibrr  6, 

1879. 

. .  .  .This  i)art  gives  the  titles  of  "  Kaunal  Publications  '  relating  to 
Central  and  South   America,  or  that  portion  oi  America  forming   the 


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so-called  "Neotropical  Region."  ....Beginning  with  Marcgrave  in 
1648,  the  list  of  titles  is  brought  down  to  iiiclmle  most  of  those  which 

appeared  in  the  first  half  of  the  year  1879 Of  the  laborious  le- 

search  and  care  displayed  in  the  preparation  of  this  work,  too  great 
praise  can  scarcely  be  accorded.-  J.  A.  A.,  Uuil.  Xuil.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol. 
v.,  pp.  4",  41,  January,  1880. 

Dartt,  Maky. — Ou  the  Plains  and  among  the  Peaks;  or,  How  Mrs. 
Maxwell  made  her  Natural  History  Collection.  By  Mary  Dartt. 
Philadelphia  :  Claxtou,  Remsen,  and  Haffelfinger,  G21,  G26,  628 
Market  Street,  1879.     8vo.,  pp.  237. 

Ainons  the  many  wonderful  "exhibits"  at  the  recent  Tentennial 
Exposition  in  Philadelphia,  few  things  attracted  such  general  attention 
or  created  more  surprise. .  .  than  Mrs.  M.  A.  Maxwell's  collection  of  the 
animals  of  Colorado.  This  little  book  before  us,  devoted  mainly  to  ti 
very  intelligent  and  pleasantly  written  account  of  how  Mrs.  Maxwell's 
work  was  accomplished,  was  prepared  by  a  sister  of  that  lady-naturalist. 
The  main  text  of  the  work  is  intended  for  the  general  public,  ;  but 

in  an  "Appendix"  of  twenty  pages  are  given  annotated  lists  of  the 
mammals  and  birds  represented  in  the  collection,  the  former  by  Dr. 
Coues  and  the  latter  by  Mr.  l{idgway. .  .  Tiie  list  of  birds  numbers  234 
species  The  annotations  relate  mainly  to  an  enumeration  of  the 
specimens  represented,  but  occasionally  to  facts  of  distribution  and 
locality  of  occurrence.  — J.  A.  A.,  Hull.  Xutl.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  IV.,  pp. 
113,  114,  April,  1879. 

Elliot,  Daniel  Giuaud. — A  Classification  and  Sytiopsis  of  the 
Trochilidie.  By  Daniel  Giraud  Elliot,  F.R.S.E.,  etc.  Wash- 
ington City  :  Published  by  the  Smith-sonian  Institution.  March, 
1879.     4to.,  pi>.  xii.,  277,  figg.  127  (wood-cuts  in  the  the  text). 

....Mr.  Elliot's  concise  and  comprehensive  "Synopsis"  ...forms 
a  most  welcome  aid  to  the  student  of  this  intricate  group  Four 
hundred  and  twenty-S'x  species  are  admitted  as  valid,  distributed  among 
one  hundred  and  twentj'  genera  The  leading  characters  of  very 
nearly  all  the  genera  are  represented  by  outline  tigures  of  the  bend, 
wing,  and  tail,  and  tlae  species  are  described  in  snthcient  detail  for 
their  easy  recognition  .  .  The  work  closes  with  an  appendix,  giving  an 
analytical  key  to  the  genera,  and  separate  indexes  to  the  generic  and 
specific  names.  . .  It  will  doubtless  form  a  reference  work  for  the  group, 
not  to  be  soon  superseded,  either  in  point  of  completeness  or  of  useful- 
ness.—J.  A.  A,  Bull  ynll  Ornilh.  Club,  Vol.  IV.,  pp.  230-232,  October. 
1879. 

GiBBS,  Morris. — Annotated  List  of  the  Birds  of  Michigan.  By  Dr. 
Morris  Gibbs.  Bull,  of  ike  U.  S.  Geol.  <ind  Geogr.  Surv.  of  Terr., 
Vol.  v..  No.  3,  pp.  481-497,  November  .30,  1879. 

Although  several  prior  lists  of  the  birds  of  Michigan  have  appeared, 
the  present  one  is  a  welcome  addition  to  our  knowledge  of  the  ornitho- 
logy of  that  State,  ilr.  Gibbs's  list  enumerates  310  species  and  sub- 
species, and  contains  brief  notes  i  n  their  relntive  abiindance,  breeding, 
times  of  migration,  etc  .  .  .Although  mainly  based  on  the  observations 
of  the  author,  he  expresses  his  indebtedness  to  other  sources  of  informa- 
tion  ...—J.  A,  A.,  Ball.  Xult.  Ornilh.  Club,  Vol.  V.,  p.  110,  April,  1880 


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Hallock,  Charles.— Tlie  Sportmaii'.s  OnzettiMT  imtl  (leiicnil  Onide. 
Fifth  edition.     By  CliurleH  Hallock. 

. .  .  .This  l)ook  hftH  become  a  reco({nizo<l  authority  on  all  Bubjects  of 
whicli  it  treatH,  having  been  alrcaciy  republished  in  Kn^^land.  France, 
and  Germany..  The  ornitliological  portions  were.  \\i-  believe,  ])re- 
pared  by  Mr.  George  H.  CJrinnell.-  J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  .\>(ll.  OrnHli.  Club, 
Vol.  IV..  p.  175,  Jnly,  1871). 

Harvie-Bhown,  John  A.  —  Oruitliological  Journal  of  thf  Winter  of 
1878  71),  with  Collected  Notes  regarding  its  EtTects  upon  Animal 
Life,  including  Remarks  on  the  Migration  of  IJirds  in  the  Autumn 
of  1878,  and  the  Spring  of  1871).  By  Mr.  John  A.  Harvie-Brown, 
B\Z.S.,  M.B.O.U.  rroc.  Nat.  Hist.  Soc.  Glas;,o>i\  187i>,  pp.  123- 
190. 

. . .  .Tbe  winter  of  1878-79  proved  of  unusual  severity,  and  its  effect 
upon  animal  life,  and  especially  upon  bird  life  attmctod  the  attention 
of  many  carefvil  observers,  Mr.  Harvie-Brown  giving  a  list  of  more  than 
a  dozen  published  papers  relating  to  the  snlject.  These  with  his  own 
observations  and  the  collected  notes  of  his  many  <  orrc-spondeuls,  form 
the  basis  of  the  paper  aV)ove  cited, .. .  nearlv  fi ft v  pages  being  devoted 
to  birds  .-J.  A.  A..  HM.  XuU.  Ornilk.  'Cluh,'\o\.  V.,  pp.  23:{,  234, 
October,  1880. 

Harvie  Bkown,    John   A. — The   Capercaillie   in  Scotland.     By  J.  A. 

Harvie-Brown,    F.Z.S.,   Member  of    the  British   Ornithologists' 

Union,   etc.     Edinburgh:    David  Douglas,    187'.>,    8vo.,  pp.  i-xv, 

1-155,  map  and  pU. 

. . .  .Mr.  Harvie-Brown  treats  the  general  subject  of  the  Capercaillie 
in  Scotland  exhaustively,  lieginning  with  such  prehistoric  evidence 
as  is  afforded  by  the  bone-caves  and  Kitchen-middens.  .  .  .He  then  pre- 
sents its  history  prior  to  extincti'  n,  followed  by  that  of  its  restora- 
tion, antl  a  detailed  account  of  its  increase  and  extension,  illustrated 
by  a  map  He  later  discusses  the  influences  whicli  govern  its  increase, 
its  relation  to  the  decrease  of  Black  Game,  its  damage  to  forests  and 
grain,  etc.  Of  special  interest  also  are  his  chapters  on  the  derivation, 
signiticance,  and  proper  orthoy;raphy  of  the  word  Capercaillie.  In 
short,  every  point  of  the  subject  is  elaborated  with  the  utmost  thorough- 
ness, the  work  forming  a  model  of  its  class. -J.  A.  .\.,  liuU.  Xntl.  (jrnitli. 
Club,  Vol.  v.,  pp.  110,  111,  April,  1880. 

Inoersoll,  Ernest. — Nests  and  Eggs  of  American  Birds.     By  Ernest 

Ingersoll.     S.  E.  Cassino,  Naturalists'  Agency,  Salem,  Mass.     (No 

date.)      Large  8vo.  Part  I.,  pp.  1-21,  pU.  i,  ii.,  March,  1S79. 

..  .treats  often  species  of  Thrushes,  and  gives  illustrations  of 
their  eggs.  The  text  includes,  not  only  descriptions  of  the  nests  and 
eggs  of  the  species  treated,  but  a  full  and  jileasantly  written  account  of 
their  habits  and  breeding  range  . . .  We  wish  that  wt-  could  speak  in 
terms  of  equal  commendation  ol  the  chromo-litliograi>hic  plates,  which 
are  sadly  defective  in  puint  of  faithfulness  to  nature  and  in  artistic  ex- 
ecution.—J.  A.  A.,   Bull.  Suit.   Orndh.  Ciul,.  Vol    IV.,  p.  172,  July,  1879 

Part  II.,  pp.  25-48,  pU.  iii,  iv.,  published  August,  187!t. 

....  we  regret  to  perceive  that  the  parts  continue  to  appear  with 
out  dating,  or  any  indications  whatever  of  the  time  of  their  publication ; 

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and  that  textual  references  to  the  tiyures  of  the  plates  are  still  insufli- 
ciently  explicit  . .  .Mr.  Ingersoli  has  his  subject  well  in  band  now;  he 
confines  himself  strictly  to  the  announced  scope  of ,  the  treatise,  and 
holds  his  subject  fairly  abreast  of  the  information  we  have  acquired  re- 
specting it— E.  C,  Bull.  J^vit.  OrnUk.  Club,  Vol.  V.,  pp.  38,  39,  January, 
1880. 

Part.  III.,  pp.  49-72,  pll.  v.,  vi.,  published  October,  1879. 


Krider,  John. — Forty  Years'  Notes  of  a  Field  Ornithologist,  by  John 
Krider,  Member  of  the  Philadelphia  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences 
and  author  of  Krider's  Sporting  Anecdotes,  Philadelphia.  Giving 
a  description  of  all  birds  killed  and  prepared  by  him.  Philadel- 
phia, 1879,  8vo.,  pp.  i-xi.,  1-84. 

. . .  .Mr.  Krider  has  "endeavored  to  describe  and  give  the  history 
of  only  those  species  of  birds  of  the  United  atates  "  which  he  has  "  col- 
lected and  mounted,"  and  whose  nests  have  come  under  his  personal 
observation  . .  But  a  casual  glance  through  the  pages  of  his  work  is 
enough  lo  show  that  these  opjjortunities  have  been  sadly  neglected. . . 
In  short,  it  is  only  too  evident  that  Mr.  Krider's  "JSotes"  are  the  off- 
spring of  a  fading  memory  rather  than  the  carefully  kept  data  of  a  sys- 
tematic worker. . .  .Of  the  literary  execution  of  the  present  work  we  can 
say  nothing  favorable. . . . — \V.  ±5.,  Bali.  J^'ult.  Oridtk.  Club,  Vol.  VII.,  pp. 
49,  50,  January,  1882. 

KuMLiEN,  LuDwiG. — Contributions  to  the  Natural  History  of  Arctic 
America,  made  in  Connection  with  the  Howgate  Polar  Expedition, 
1877-78.  By  Ludwig  KumHen,  Naturalist  of  the  Expedition. 
Bull.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  No.  15,  1879.     Birds,  pp.  69-105. 

. .  .Of  the  84  species  noted,  seven  or  eight  relate  to  localities  not 
Arctic,  being  species  that  visited  the  ship  while  off  Newfoundland  anj 
neighboring  points.  Of  the  remainder  only  about  tweuty  are  land 
birds.  The  notes  respecting  many  of  the  species  are  quite  extended, 
and  embrace  many  points  of  interest. . . . — J.  A.  A.,  Bad.  JVuit.  Urniih. 
Club,  Vol.  v.,  pp.  lUy,  IIU,  April,  188U. 

Lawrence,  George  N. — Catalogue  of  the  Birds  of  Dominica,  from 
Collections  made  for  the  Smithsonian  Institution  by  Frederick  A . 
Ober,  together  with  his  Notes  and  Observations.  By  George  N. 
Lawrence.     Froc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  Vol.  I.,  1879,  pp.  48-69. 

Lawrence,  George  N. — Catalogue  of  the  Birds  of  St.  Vincent,  from 
Collections  made  by  Mr.  Frederick  A.  Ober,  under  the  Directions 
of  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  with  his  Notes  thereon.  By 
George  N.  Lawrence.  Froc.  U.  S.  Nut.  Mus.,  Vol.  I.,  1879,  pp. 
185-198. 

Lawrence,  George  N. — Catalogue  of  the  Birds  of  Antigua  and  Bar- 
buda, from  Collections  made  for  the  Smithsoniau  Institution,  by 
Mr.  Fred.  A.  Ober,  with  his  Observations.  By  (Jeorge  N.  Law- 
rence.    Froc.  V.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  Vol.  I.,  1879,  pp.  232-242. 


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Lawrbnob,  QEonoK  N. — Catalogno  of  tho  Birds  of  (h-oniula,  from  a 
Colloctiou  luado  by  Mr.  Fretl.  A.  01)er  for  tbc  Siuitlisonian  lusti- 
tiitiou,  iuchuling  others  seen    by  him,   but    not   obtained.      Jiy 

George  N.  Lawrence.    Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mas.,  Vol.  I.,  1879,  pp. 

2G5-278. 

Lawrence,  Geokoe  N. — Catalogue  of  the  Birds  collected  in  Mar- 
tinique by  Mr.  Fred.  A.  Ober  for  tho  Smithsonian  Institution. 
By  George  N.  Lawrence.  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Af us.,  Yo\.  L,  1879, 
pp.  349-360. 

Lawrence,  George  N. — Catalogue  of  a  Collection  of  Birds  obtained 
in  Guadeloupe  for  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  by  Mr.  Fred.  A. 
Ober.  By  George  N.  Lawrence.  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus. ,  Vol.  I. , 
1879,  pp.  449-462. 

Lawrence,  Georoe  N. — A  General  Catalogue  of  the  Birds  noted  from 

the  Islands  of  the  Lesser  Antilles  visited  by  Mr.  Fred.  A.  Ober ; 

with  a  Table  showing  their  Distribution,  and  those  found  in  the 

United  States.    By  George  N.  Lawrence.     Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Afus., 

Vol.  I.,  1879,  pp.  486-488. 

...  .he  has  concluded  bis  series  of  reports  upon  Mr.  Ober's  collec- 
tions, made  at  various  points  of  the  Antillean  chain  (see  above). 
The  birds  reported  from  Antigua  and  Harbuda  number  respectively 
42  and  39  species,  of  which  one. . .  .from  Antigua,  is  described  as  n<\v. 
.  . .  .The  list  of  birds  from  the  island  of  Grenada  numbers  T)!  species, 
.  The  birds  reported  from  Martinique  number  40  species  ..The 
Gnadeloupe  species  niimber  45  ...  —J.  A.  A.,  Bu'l.  XHll.Orniih.  C'hib,  Vol. 
IV.,  pp.  228  230,  October,  1879. 

Langdon,  Frank  W. — A  Revised  List  of  Cincinnati  Birds.  By  Frank 
W.  Langdon.  Journ.  Cincinnati  Soc.  Nat.  Ifisf.,  Vol.  I.,  No.  4, 
January,  1879,  pp.  167-193. 

. . .  .The  256  identified  species  are  of  the  following  categories  :  Con- 
stant residents,  27  ;  summer  residents,  62  ;  winter  visitants,  10  ;  regu- 
lar migrants,  82  ;  irregular  migrants,  37  ;  casual  visitants,  31  ;  species 
tliat  have  disappeared  within  forty  years,  7  .  It  is  a  very  good  piece 
of  work,  based  in  greatest  part  on  original  personal  observations,  very 
carefully  elaborated,  with  attention  not  only  to  the  material  facts  pre- 
sented, but  to  those  niceties  of  workmanship  wliicli  iire  too  often  neg- 
lected. . .  .We  are  glad  to  see,  especially  lunong  our  younger  writers  on 
ornithology,  evidence  of  increased  attention  to  details  of  execution.  .  .  . 
an  article  may  be  made  a  contribution  to  letters  as  well  as  to  science. 
It  is  even  worth  while  to  spell  correctly. — E.  C,  Hull.  Xult.  Orn'dh.  Club, 
Vol.  IV.,  pp.  112,  113,  April,  1879. 

Mearns,  Edgar  A. — A  List  of  the  Birds  of  the  Hudson  Higldands, 
with  Annotations.  By  Edgar  A.  Mearns.  Jiiill.  A'.s-.sc.r  Instiinle, 
Vol.  X.,  pp.  166  179  (Introduction  and  Turdua  mii/rdtoriux  to 
Parnn  atrica])i//ns,  inclusive),  October  Docember.  1878. 


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Mearns,  Edgak  a. — A.  List  of  the  Birds  of  the  Hudson  Highlands, 
with  Annotatiousi.  By  Edgar  A.  Mearns.  Bull.  Essex  Institute, 
Vol.  XI.,  pp.  43-52  {Sitin  carolinetisis  to  Dendrceca  ccerulescens), 
January-March,  1879. 

Bull.  Esaex  Institute,  Vol.  XI.,  2^P-  154-168  (Dendrceca  cterulefi 

to  Myiodioctes  mitruta),  July- September,  1879. 
Bull.   Essex.  'Institute,  Vol.   XL,  pp.  189  204  {M.  canadensis  to 

Lo.xia  ciirvirostra,),  October- December,  1879. 

The  first  part  .  ftppeared  early  in  1879,  and  three  later  instalments 
carry  the  list  through  the  geuus  Loxiu. . .  .while^the  writer  draws  mainly 
from  his  own  experience,  lie  occasionally  indulges  in  quotations  from 
other  authors,  his  notices  of  some  of  the  species  amounting  to  nearly 
complete  biographies  . .  .Two  im[)ortant  features  of  the  paper  are  the 
dates  of  arrival  and  departure, ..  .The  future  instalments  ot  Mr. 
Mearns's  highly  praiseworthy  memoir  may  well  be  anticijiated  with 
interest.  — J.  A.  A.,  BuU.'Nutt.  Ornilh.  Club,  Vol.  V.,  p.  175,  July,  1880. 

McChesney,  CHARiiES  E. — Notes  on  the  Birds  of  Fort  Sisseton, 
Dakota  Territory.  By  Chas.  E.  McChesney,  Acting  As.sistaut 
Surgeon,  U.  S..A.  Bulletin  U.  S.  Geol.  and  Geogr.  Surv.  Terr., 
Vol.  v.,  pp.  71-104,  February  28,  1879. 

....form  a  valuable  contribution  to  the  ornithology  of  a  little 
known  portion  of  the  Northwest,  namely,  the  elevated  plateau  in  Da- 
kota, known  as  the  "  Coteau  des  Prairies."  ...The  "  Notes  "  are  based 
on  ivn  experience  of  three  years  in  the  neighborhood  of  Fort  Sisseton, 
and  record  157  species,  respecting  most  of  which  there  are  copious  and 
interesting  annotations ....  Dr.  McChesney's  report  was  transmitted  to 
Dr.  Coues  for  publicaiion.  and  appears  to  have  had  the  benefit  of  his 
revision.... — J.  A.  A.,  BuU.  Niitt.  Orniih.  Club,  Vol.  V.,  pp.  42,  43,  Jan- 
uary, 1880. 

McChesney,  Charles  E. — Report  on  the  Mammals  and  Birds  of  the 
General  Region  of  the  Big  Horn  River  and  Mountains  of  Montana 
Territory.  By  Charles  E.  McChesney,  U.  S.  A.  Being  Appendix 
SS  3  of  the  Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  for  1879. 

....proves  an  interesting  addition  to  the  faunal  records  of  the 
West  ...  The  list  of  100  si^ecies  of  birds  is  the  result  of  less  than  a 
month's  investigation— from  August  15  onward  — .  . .  .The  notes,  though 
brief,  are  usually  sufficient  lo  indicate  the  occurrence  of  each  species, 
and,  as  in  the  greater  number  of  cases  they  result  directly  from  the 
author's  own  observations,  tbey  carry  with  them  the  value  of  perfect 
authenticity. . .   contains  the  name  of  not  a  single  exclusively  Eastern 

species — H.  W.   H.,Bull.  Nuti.  Ormlh.  Club,   Vol.   V.,   pp.   107,  108, 

April,  1880. 

MerrilIj,  James  C. — Notes  on  the  Ornithology  of  Southern  Texas. 
Being  a  List  of  Birds  observed  in  the  Vicinity  of  Fort  Brown, 
T6xas,  from  February,  1876,  to  June,  1878.  By  James  C.  Merrill, 
Assistant  Surgeon  U.  S.  Army.  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  Vol.  I., 
1879,  pp.  118-173. 

....  Two  hundred  aud  fifty-two  species  and  varieties  are  given  in 
all,  and  the  character  of  their  presence  is  in  most  cases  satisfactorily  de- 


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lined  ...tlie  nesta,  eggs,  and  breeding  habits  of  Texnii  birds  receive 
the  h\rger  share  of  attention,  and  manh  of  thn  iimtter  pcrtiiining  thereto 
ia  as  valnable  as  it  is  new  . .  .Nnmerons  notet  bv  Mr.  Kidgway  and  Dr. 
Krewer  occur  throughont  the  paper  au<l  greatly  '^niiance  its  valm*  ...  In 
a  few  details  of  arrangement  the  paper  is  open  to  adverse  criticism  . . . 
Altogether,  however,  the  papor  is  a  most  excollent  one,  and  its  contents 
supply  a  fund  of  information  the  lack  of  which  has  bt^en  long  felt.  - 
VV.  B.,  Bull.  Xatt.  Ornilli.  Club,  Vol.  IV.,  pp.  50  r>2,  .January.  1879. 

Rathbun,  Frank  R. — A  Revised  List  of  Birds  of  Central  New  York. 
Based  on  the  Observations  of  Frank  R.  Rathbun,  H.  Gilbert 
Fowler,  Frank  S.  Wright,  Samuel  F.  Rathbun,  in  the  Counties  of 
Cayuga,  Onondaga,  Seneca,  Wayne,  and  Yates.  Collated  and 
prepared  for  Publication  by  Frank  R.  Rathbun.  Auburn,  N.  Y. : 
Daily  Advertiser  and  Weekly  Journal  Book  and  Job  Printing 
House,  April  17,  1879. 

...  .in  the  present  "Revised  List"  are  enumerated  236,  showing  an 
addition  of  4('i  species  . .  .In  conclusion,  it  is  but  just  to  say  that  "  The 
Ornithological  Four"  have  in  their  "Revised  List  of  Birds  of  Central 
New  York,"  not  only  done  themselves  great  credit,  but  have  made  a 
contribution  to  our  science  which  must  long  remain  authority  concern- 
ing the  region  of  which  it  treats.  I  consider  it  the  best  list  of  the  birds 
of  any  part  of  this  State  that  has  appeared  for  many  yeare.-  C.  H.  M., 
Bull.  Autt.  OrnUh.   aub,\o\.  IV.,  pp.  172  175,  July,  1879. 

RiDGWAY,  Robert. — On  a  new  Humming-bird  (Atthis  ellioti)  from 
Guatemala.  By  Robert  Ridgway.  P?'oc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  Vol. 
I.,  1879,  pp.  8-10. 

Ridgway,  Robert.  —  A  Review  of  the  American  Species  of  the  Genus 
Scops,  Saviguy.  By  Robert  Ridgway.  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mits., 
VoL  I.,  1879,  pp.  85-117.  Author's  .separates  issued  August  fi, 
1878. 

Ridgway,  Robert. — Description  of  Several  New  Species  uud  Geo- 
graphical Races  of  Birds  Contained  in  the  Collection  of  the  United 
States  National  Museum.  By  Robert  Ridgway.  Py-oc.  V.  S. 
'Nat.  Mus.,  Vol.  I.,  1879,  pp.  247-252,  Autlior'.s  separates  issued 
December  10,  1878. 

Ridgway,  Robert.- — Descriptions  of  Two  New  Species  of  Birds  from 
Costa  Rica,  and  Notes  on  other  Rare  Species  from  that  Country. 
By  Robert  Ridgway.  Proc.  U.  *S'.  Nat.  Mt>s.,  Vol.  I.,  1879,  pp. 
252-255.     Author's  separates  issued  December  10,  1878. 

Ridgway,  Robert. — Descriptions  of  New  Specie.s  and  Races  of  Amer- 
ican Birds,  including  a  Synopsis  of  the  Genus  Tyraunus,  Cuvier. 
By  Robert  Ridgway.  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  .Mits.,  Vol.  I.,  1879,  pj). 
466-486.     Author's  .separates  issued  April  25,  1879. 

These  (five)  papers  all  notably  evince  Mr.  Ridgway 's  well-known 
acuteness  of  discrimination  and  critical  care  in  description  and  diag- 
nosis  —J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  yuU.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  V.,  pp.  41,  \2,  Januaiv. 

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Roosevelt,  Theodore. — Notes  on  some  of  tlio  Birds  of  Oyster  Bay, 

Long  Island.     By  Theodore  Roosevelt.     8vo.,  1  p.    March,  1879. 

This  is  a  brochure  of  a  single  leaf,  containing  notes  on  seventeen 
species,  observed  at  the  above-named  locality,  by  Mr.  Theodore  Roose- 
velt ...—J.  A.  A.,  BaU.  Null.  Omith.  Club,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  171,  July,  1879. 

Sennett,  George  B. — Further  Notes  on  the  Ornithology  of  the  Lower 

Rio  Grande  of  Texas,  from  Observations  made  during  the  Spring 

of  1878.     By  Geoi-ge  B.  Sennett.     Edited,  with  Annotations,  by 

Dr.  Elliott  Cones,  U.  S.  A.       Bi/f/.  U.  S.  Geo/,  ami  Geogr.  Surv. 

of  Terr.,  Vol.  V.,  No.  3,  pp.  371-440,  November  30,  1870. 

The  report  of  Mr.  Sennett's  three  months'  work  (in  Ai)ril,  May,  and 
June)  in  1878.  near  Hidalgo,  Texas,  adds  greatly  to  our  knowledge  of 
the  life-histories  of  many  species  of  which  we  previously  knew  but  little. 
...  .In  addition  to  the  notes  on  the  haVjits  of  the  birds  observed,  which 
in  the  case  of  the  less  known  species  amounts  in  some  instances  to  full 
biographies,  the  author  presents  us  with  extended  tables  of  measure- 
ments, gives  detailed  descriptions  of  nest  and  eggs,  and  occasionally 
discusses  points  of  relationship  and  nomenclature. ..  .The  "Notes" 
relate  to  168  species,  and  altogether  form  one  of  the  most  valuable  of 
the  many  recent  contributions  to  local  ornithology.  — J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  Null. 
Ornilh.  Club,  Vol.  V.,  p.  Ill,  April,  1880. 

Sharpe,  R.  BowdliER. — Catalogue  of  tlie  Birds  in  the  British  Museum. 
Vol.  IV.  Catalogue  of  the  Passeriformes,  or  Perching  Birds,  in 
the  British  Museum.  CichlomorphiB  :  Part  I.,  containing  the 
families  Campophagidfc  and  Muscicapidro.  By  R.  Bowdler 
Sharpe.     London,  1879.     8vo.,  pp.  xvi.,  494,  pW.  xiv. 

Of  the  Campophcufuhr  148  species  are  described,  of  the  Muscicapida; 
391.  In  style  of  treatment  and  general  character  this  volume  is  similar 
to  the  earlier  ones.  .  . . — J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  XuU.  Onnth.  Club,  Vol.  VIII.,  p. 
99,  April,  1883. 

VoGT,  M.  C — L'Arclueopteryx  maci'oura. — Un  intermediaire  entre 
les  oiseaux  et  les  reptiles.  Par  M.  C.  Vogt.  La  Revue  Scienti- 
fique,  2e  Series,  9e  Annee,  No.  11,  13  Sept.  1879,  pp.  241-248, 
figg.  18-21. 

This  specimen  was  found  by  M.  Haeberlein  in  the  same  slates  as 
the  first. ..  .From  what  Professor  Vogt  has  discovered  by  a  cursory- 
examination  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  much  of  great  interest  will  be 
learned  when  this  fossil  is  properly  worked  out  from  the  matrix. — J.  A. 
Jeffries,  Bull.  Null.  Ornilh.  Club,  Vol.  VI.,  pp.  107-109,  April,  1881. 

1880. 

Bell,  Robert. — List  of  Birds  from  the  Region  between  Norway 
House  and  Forts  Churchill  and  York.  [By  Robert  Bell.  ]  Geolog- 
ical Survey  of  Canada.  Report  of  Progress  for  1878-79  (1880). 
IV.,  Appendix  vi.,  j^p.  676-706. 

an    annotated    list   of  55   species,   of  much  interest  from    the 

localities  of  observation — J.  A.  A.,  The  Auk,  Vol.  II.,  p.  209,  April, 

1885. 


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Brayton,  Alembbkt  W.— a  Catologiie  of  tlie  Birds  of  Indiana,  with 
Keys  and  Descriptions  of  the  (Jroups  of  greut«'Ht  Interest  to  the 
Horticulturist.  By  Alenibort  W.  Brayton,  B.S.,  M.l).  JVans- 
(iclions  of  the  Imlimui  IlorticullurnI  Socieli/  for  1879,  pp.  89-16C. 
Indianapolis,  1880. 

...  is  intended  as  a  "  practicnl  hand-book"  of  tlie  Hirds  of  Indiana, 
and  seems  well  calculated  to  meet  tliis  reciuiromcnt.       It  is  avowedly  a 

couipilation we  note  little  in   Dr.   Hniyton's  paper  that  is  new  t<» 

ornithologiBtH,  but  much  that  is  given  from  good  authorities.  Short 
notes  are  added  relative  to  the  abundancf,  habitH,  and  heason  of 
occurrence  of  the  3()G  species  enumerated  .  'I'lii!  paper  (doses  with  an 
index  to  the  names  of  the  genera  and  higher  groups,  with  their  iltriva- 
tions,  a  "glossary"  of  the  specific  names,  and  an  index  of  English 
names.  ...—J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  NhU.  Ornitli.  Club,  Vol.  V.,  pi).  174,  175, 
July,  1880. 

Bhbweb,  T.  M. — Notes  ou  the  Nests  and  Eggs  of  the  Eight  North 
American  Species  of  Empidonaces.  By  T.  M.  Brewer.  Proc. 
U.  S.  Nat.  Mas.,  Vol.  II.,  1880,  pp.  1-10.  Author's  separates 
issued  April  29,  1879. 

Following  the  measurements  and  de.scriptions  of  the  nests  and 
eggs  of  these  eight  species  are  several  pages  devoted  to  a  consideration 
of  the  nests  and  eggs  of  A'.  fJavivetitris  ... — J.  A.  A.,  Ball.  .VuW.  Ornilh. 
aub,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  232,  October,  1«7;». 

CooPEK.  J.  G. — On  the  Migrations  and  Nesting  Habits  of  West-Coast 
Birds.  By  J.  G.  Cooper,  M.D.  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  3/^/.s  ,  Vol.  II., 
1880,  pp.  2il-251.     Author's  separates  i.ssued  Jan.  20,  18H0. 

....  Dr.  Cooper  has  tabulated  a  large  amount  of  valuable  information 
respecting  the  times  of  arrival,  departure,  and  nesting  of  many  of  the 
common  West-Coast  land  birds,  based  mainly  ou  his  own  observations 
. . .  .The  number  of  species  tabluated  is  78. .  .  Dr.  Cooj)cr  has  here  be- 
gun a  good  work  in  a  praiseworthv  way,. . .  .J.  A.  A.,  Uidl.  Xull.  (Jrn'dh. 
Qub,  Vol.  v.,  p.  232,  October,  188(3. 

Cory,  Charles  B. — Birds  of  the  Bahama  Islands;  containing  many 

Birds  new  to  the  Lshmds,  and  a  Number  of  uudescribed  Winter 

Plumages  of  North  American  Birds.     By  Charles  B.  Cory,  Author 

of  "A  Naturalist  in  the  Magdalen   Islands,"  etc.       Illustrated. 

Boston  :    Publi.shed  by  the  Author,  8  Arlington  Street,  Boston. 

1880.     4to.,  pp.  350,  with  8  colored  plates. 

.  . .  .forms  a  valuable  addition  to  our  knowledge  of  tlie  bird.s  of  these 
islands.  Of  the  149  species  recorded,  all  but  about  .Jt)  wore  met  with  by 
Mr.  Cory,  . .  .In  addition  to  the  short  descriptions  of  the  species,  the 
relative  abundance  and  distribution  of  the  species  is  noted,  to  which  is 
frequently  added  a  short  account  of  their  habits  ..  •!.  .\.  A.,  ]iitll. 
Null.  Ornilh    Club,  Vol.  v.,  p    107,  Aj^ril,  18.S0. 

CotiKS,  ELiiioTT. — Third  Instalment  of  American  Ornithological  Bib- 
liography.     By   Dr.   Elliott   Cones,  U.  S.  A.       liu/i  U.  S.  dcol. 


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and  Geogr.  Surv.   of  Terr.,  Vol.  V.,  No.  4,    1879,  pp.  521-1,066. 
Published  Sept.  30,  1880. 

. .  .is  by  far  the  largest  of  the  three, . . .  .and  completes  his  "  Bib- 
liography of  Ornithology  so  far  as  America  is  concerned"...  The 
present  third  instalment  consists  of  a  selection  of  titles  belonging  to  the 
"systematic"  department. . .  .In  reference  to  the  character  of  the  work, 
it  is  enough  to  say  that  it  is  fnlly  up  to  the  high  standard  of  excellence 
of  the  previous  instalments  . .  Its  utility  no  working  ornithologist  can 
fail  to  highly  appreciate,  while  it  will  form  an  enduring  monument  to 
the  author's  patience,  industry,  and  thoroughness  of  research.—  J.  A.  A., 
Bun.  Nutl    OrnUh.  Clnb,  Vol.  VI.,  pp.  44  ^6,  January,  1881. 

CouES,  Elliott. — Fourth  Instalment  of  Ornithological  Bibliography: 

being  a  list  of  Faunal  Publications  relating  to  British  Birds.     By 

Dr.  Elliott  Coues,  U.  S.  A.      Proc.    U.    S.  Nat.   Mus.,   Vol.   11. , 

1880,  pp.  359-476.     Published  May  31,  1880. 

This  "Fourth  Instalment"  is  of  the  same  character  as  the  first  two, 
and  attempts  to  do  for  British  Birds  what  those  did  for  American  Birds 
. . .  As  it  is,  being  accurate  as  far  as  it  goes,  it  will  prove  of  great  use- 
fulness, and  is  entitled  to  the  cordial  welcome  it  will  doubtless  receive. 
—J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  Nutl.  Orniik.  Club,  Vol.  VI.,  p.  IC,  January,  1881. 

Forbes,  S.  A. — Studies  of  the  Food  of  Birds,  Insects,  and  Fishes, 
made  at  the  Illinois  State  Laboratory  of  Natural  History,  at 
Normal,  Illinois.  By  S.  A.  Forbes.  Illinois  Slate  Laboratory  of 
Natural  Hialory  BulleUn,  No.  3,  November,  1880,  8?o.,  pp.  1-160. 

. .  a  further  report  of  his  studies,  about  seventy  pages  of  which 
relate  to  birds.  . .  .The  species  of  birds  investigated  are,  as  before,  the 
Thrushes  and  the  Bluebird  ...  — J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  Null.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol. 
VI.,  p.  110,  April,  1881. 

Fkeke,  Percy  Evans.  —A  Comparative  Catalogue  of  Birds  found  in 
Europe  and  North  America.  By  Percy  Evans  Freke.  Dublin, 
1880.  8vo.,  jjp.  44.  From  the  Scietitific  Proceedings  of  the  Royal 
Dublin  Society. 

....forms  an  important  contribution  to  geographical  ornithology, 
About  225  North  American  species  are  enumerated. ..  .Of  about  100 
species  that  may  be  considered  .as  merely  stragglers  from  one  continent 
to  the  other,  fully  four-fifths  are  North  American ....  Despite  a  few  typo- 
pographical  errors.  ..  .the  paper  gives  evidence  of  careful  preparation 
and  admirably  fills  a  long-standing  gap  in  ornithological  literature. — 
•J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  Null.  Ondlh.  Club,  Vol.  V.,  pp.  173,  174,  July,  1880. 

(jrENTKY,  Thom.\s  G. — Illustrations  of  Nests  and  Eggs  of  Birds  of  the 
United  States,  with  Text,  by  Thos.  G.  Gentry.  Philadelphia  : 
J.  A.  Wagenseller,  Publisher,  No.  23  North  Sixth  Street.  Copy- 
right by  J.  A.  Wagenseller,  1881.  4to.,  parts  1-25,  pp.  1-300.  54 
colored  chromolithographs  and  chromo-portrait  frontispiece  of 
ihe  author.     1880-82. 

....  the  plates  were  executed  by  Mr.  Edwin  Sheppard,  "subject  to 
the  suggestions  and  dictations  of  the  author."      The  title  is  misleading 


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for  instead  of  treating  of  all  the  spcuioR  found  in  tlio  United  States  it 
deals  with  bnt  fifty  . .  The  typoKruphy  and  prewH  work  arc  good,  but 
the  plateH  fall  far  short  of  deserving  the  saiiin  praise.  . .  .of  most  of  the 
plates. . .  .the  perspective  is  very  bad. . .  .and  . .  nearly  all  have  the  ap- 
pearance of  cheap  chromo-lithographs. . .  .the  work  does  not  contain 
anything  approaching  a  eonipleto  •  detailed  account  of  the  habits"  of 
a  single  species  ...instead  of  becoming  an  authority ...  .Mr.  Gentry's 
book  on  nests  and  eggs  must  inevitably  find  its  level  alongside  such 
unreliable  and  worthless  productions  as  Jasper's  "Hirds  of  North 
America". . . .— C.  H.  M.,  Jinll.  Xnlt.  Ornith.  Club.  Vol.  VII.,  i>p.  '24f.  24S, 
October,  1882, 

GuEGG,  W.  H. — Revised  Catalogue  of  the  Birds  of  Chemung  County, 
New  York.  By  W.  H.  Gregg,  M.D.,  Elmira,  N.  Y.:  O.  H. 
Wheeler.     1880. 

...  .we  have  a  list  of  the  birds  of  a  locality  to  which  little  attention 
has  been  paid  by  ornithologists.  The  list  of  which  this  is  a  revision 
was  issued  ten  years  ago  ...  In  all.  217  species  arc  enumerated ....  A  few 
lines  of  notes  accompany  each  name  ... — E.  I.,  Ball.  Xult  Ornith.  Club, 
Vol.  v.,  p.  173,  July,  1880. 

Harvie-Brown,  J.  A. — The  Capercaillie  iu  Scotland.  By  J.  A. 
Harvie-Brown,  F.R.S.     Scottish  Ndlum/iaf,  .Tuly,  1880. 

. . .  .Mr.  Harvie-Brown  published  last  year  an  exhaustive  little  work 
on  the  Capercaillie  in  Scotlaud  The  present  paper  is  a  continuation 
of  the  Appendix  of  that  work,  giving  an  account  of  its  extension  in  1«79, 
with  a  few  additional  references  to  early  records  of  its  presence  in 
Scotland  and  Wales.— J.  A.  A.,  JhdL  XatL  OrnUh.  Chb,  Vol.  VI.,  p.  46, 
January,  1881. 

Harvie-Bbown,  John  A.,  and  Coudeaux,  John. — Report  on  the  Mi- 
gration of  Birds  in  the  Autumn  of  1879.  By  John  A.  Harvie- 
Brown  and  John  Cordeanx.     Zoologist,  May,  1880,  pp.  lGl-204. 

. . .  two  well-known  British  ornithologists,  have  set  themselves 
seriously  at  work  in  the  matter  of  collecting  exact  data  respecting  the 
movements  of  birds  during  their  mignitions  along  the  coasts  of  (Ireat 
Britain ....  Observations  made  at  other  points  are  incidentnll\  inoor- 
porated,  including  Herr  Gatke's  report  from  Heligoland.  The  work  so 
earnestly  begun ....  should  be  a  stimulus  to  coueurrent  action  on  the 
part  of  others,  and  nowhere  are  the  conditions  more  favorable  for  sys- 
tematic work  than  in  the  United  States. — J.  A.  A  ,  Hull.  Null.  OrniUi. 
Club,  Vol.  v.,  pp.  175-177,  July,  1880. 

Harvie-Brown,  John  A.  -  Second  Report  on  Scottish  Ornithology — 
October  1,  1879,  to  September  30,  1880.  Compiled  by  Mr.  John 
A.  Harvie-Brown,  F.R.S.E.,  etc.  Proc.  Nat.  Hint.  Soc.  of  (Jl,is- 
gow.  Vol.  IV.,  Part  II.,  April,  1880,  pp.  291-320. 

....  The  report  gives  a  "  Journal  of  the  Winter  of  187D-80  "  .  the 
report  gives  observations  on  some  6.j  to  70  species.  .  The  report 
abounds  with  especially  suggestive  observations  in  relation  to  little 
understood  points  of  bird-life.  . .  .—J.  A.  A.,  Ball.  Salt  Ornith.  Cluli,  Vol. 
VI.,  p.  174,  July,  1881. 


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Henshaw,  n.  W. — Ornithological  Report  upon  Collections  made  in 

Portions  of  California,  Nevada,  and  Oregon.     By  H.  W.  Henshaw. 

Annual  Report  of  the  V.  S.  (ieof/r.  Survet/s  ites/  of  the  Hundredth 

Meridian,  for  1870.     Appendix  L  of  the  Report  of  the  Chief  of 

Engineers,  February,  1880,  pp.  282-"35. 

Mr.  H.  W.  Henshaw's  "  Ornithological  Report"  for  the  field  seasons 
of  1877  and  1878  is  much  more  tlian  a  record  of  field  observations  for 
the  seasons  named,  treating  as  it  does  most  ably,  though  briefiy,  of  the 
relationships  of  the  members  of  several  of  the  most  puzzling  f^roups  of 
North  American  birds.  In  addition  to  having  access  to  a  large  amount 
of  material,  much  of  wbich  tho  author  collected  himself,  he  is  able  to 
bring  to  bear  upon  tLe  questions  at  issue  an  intimate  knowledge  of  the 
birds  in  life,  and  of  the  varying  conditions  of  environment  which  sur- 
round the  forms  treated  ...  In  relation  to  the  habits  of  the  species  men- 
tioned, the  Report  contains  much  that  is  new,  . . . — J.  A.  A.,  Ball.  Nuit. 
Orniih.  Club,  Vol.  V.,  pp.  10.5-107,  April,  1880. 

L.WGDON,  Fr.\nk  W. — Ornithological  Field  Notes,  with  five  Additions 
to  the  Cincinnati  Avian  Fauna.  By  Frank  W.  Langdon.  Journ. 
Cincinnati  iSoc.  Nat.  Hint.,  July,  1880,  pp.  121-127,  1  pi. 

These  notes  . .  .virtually  form  a  supplement  to  the  same  author's 
excellent  "Revised  List  of  Cincinnati  Birds"  published  in  1871).... 
They  relate  to  40  species  .  Among  the  points  of  special  interest  are 
the  capture  of  two  specimens  (male  and  female)  of  Kirtland's  Warbler 
(Dendraica  kirtlandi)  near  Clevehind,  Way  4  and  12,  1880.... The  paper 
is  preceded  by  Dr.  Laugdons  description  of  a  new  species  of  JMmintho- 
phaga....—,L  A.  A.,  Bull.  Xni(.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  V.,  pp.  232,  233,  Octo- 
ber, 1880. 

Marsh,  Othniel  Charles. — Odontoruithes  :  a  Monograph  on  the 
Extinct  Toothed  Birds  of  North  America  ;  with  thirty-four  Plates 
and  forty  Wood-cuts.  By  Othniel  Charles  Marsh,  Professor  of 
Pahieontology  in  Yale  College.  1  vol.  4to.  Pp.  i-x.,  1-201, 
ligg.  1-40,  pll.  i-xxxiv.,  each  with  1  explanatory  leaf.  Forming 
Vol.  VII.  of  the  Reports  of  the  Survey  of  the  40th  Parallel. 

....  It  is  the  first  of  a  series  of  monographs  designed  to  make  known 
to  science  the  extinct  vertebrate  life  of  North  America,  in  the  investiga- 
tion of  which  the  author  has  passed  the  last  ten  years.  It  is  unques- 
tionably the  most  magnificent  contribution  ever  made  to  our  knowledge 
of  extinct  birds  ...  It  is  safe  to  say  that  no  single  memoir  on  fossil  birds 
hitherto  published  can  be  compared  with  this  in  accuracy  of  detail,  in 
beauty  of  illustration,  and  in  value  of  results  attained  . .  .The  present 
volume  is  based  on  the  remains  of  more  than  one  hundred  different 
individual?  of  the  Odoniornilhes  procured  in  the  Cretaceotis  deposits  of 
the  West  during  the  last  ten  years  . .  .The  work  of  Professor  Marsh,  as 
a  whole,  is  an  unmeasured  advance  upon  all  previously  obtained 
knowledge  of  Cretaceous  birds.  The  present  volume  is  divided  into 
two  parts,  the  first  treating  of  ne-^peroryiis,  the  second  of  Icldhi/nruii  and 
Apaiomis,  the  entire  skeleton  of  typical  species  being  described  with 
elaborate  detail,  and  figured  in  the  most  perfect  manner  ..  'J'he  Ap- 
pendix presents  a  synopsis  of  the  nine  genera  and  twenty  species  of 
American  Cretaceous  Birds.  .  . . — E.  C. ,  Ball.  yutt.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  V., 
pp  234-236,  October,  1880, 


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Maynaud,  C.  J. — The  Birds  of  Florida,  with  the  Water  and  Game 

Birds  of  Eastern  North  America.     By  C.  J.  Maynard.    Illustrated. 

Published  by  0.  J.  Maynard  &  Co.,  Newton villo,  Mass. 

. . .  .the  ei(;hth  part  Iiivh  just  been  received  The  text  is  by  far  the 
most  Katirifaotory  part  of  tlie  work,  and  contains  nuich  of  interest, 
thouf^h,  porhapH,  too  mncli  sj)iico  is  given  to  the  hiibitH  of  some  spwcies 
as  observed  in  New  England  and  elsewhere  ...Certain  changes  are 
made  in  nomenclature  and  classification,  notably  raising  the  Kingfish- 
ers and  Nighthawks  to  the  rank  of  orders  . . .  I'lates  i.,  ii.,  iii.,  and  xii. 
are  passable,  . . .  Iiut  the  others  are  extremely  poor,  Plate  vii.,  in 
I'art  vi.,  has  figures  of  sixty-six  eggs  of  sixtv-four  species. . . .  -  J.  C.  M., 
Bull.  NutL  Ornith.  Cluh,  Vol.  IV.,  pp.  114,  115,  April,  1879. 

Maynakd,  C.  J. — The  Birds  of  Eastern  North  America,  with  original 
Descriptions  of  all  the  Species  which  occur  east  of  the  Mississippi 
River  between  the  Arctic  Circle  and  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  with  full 
Notes  xipon  their  Habits.  By  C.  J.  Maynard.  Containing  thirty 
Plates  drawn  on  Stone  by  the  Author,  C.  J.  Maynard  &  Co., 
Newtonville,  Mass.     4to.      (Thirteen  Parts  i.ssued.) 

See  above,  same  work  under  another  title. 

. . .  the  peninsula  (of  Florida)  has  never  received  so  much  atten- 
tion at  the  hands  of  any  one  ornithologist,  not  excepting  Audubon,  as 
from  Mr.  Maynard.  It  is  a  matter  for  regret  that  the  later  plans  of  the 
work  had  not  been  its  original  one.  Had  such  been  the  case,  the  author 
would  have  bet-n  spared  the  necessity — if  indeed  it  be  a  necessity— of 
repeating  verbatim  in  tlie  "Bir.ls  of  Eastern  North  America"  many 
pages  of  descriptive  matter  and  biography  which  appeared  in  the 
"  Birds  of  Florida". . .  .In  his  classification  Mr.  Maynard  has  departed 
in  many  particulars  from  beaten  paths,  the  basis  for  most  of  his 
changes  being  anatomical  . .  .It  is  evident  that  the  "  Birds  of  Eastern 
North  America"  was  written  more  with  a  view  of  striking  the  popular 
taste  thdn  as  a  hand-book  for  the  systematic  ornithologist,  . .  In  con- 
clusion, we  may  be  permitted  to  express  the  feeling  that  the  portions 
of  the  work  now  before  us  do  not  by  any  means  represent  the  author's 
best  efforts,  and  that  in  certain  particulars,  but  especially  as  regards 
the  plates,  he  is  capable  of  placing  the  work  on  a  far  higher  plane  than 
can  at  present  be  accorded  it.  — H.  vV.  H.,  Hull.  Xutt.  OrnlUi.  Vluh,  Vol.  V., 
pp.  170-173,  July,  1880. 

Meakns,  Edgar  a. — A  List  of  the  Birds  of  the  Hudson  Highlands, 
with  annotations.  By  Edgar  A.  Mearns.  Bull.  Essex.  Institute, 
Vol.  XII.,  pp.  11-25  {jEjiuthus  linnria  to  Qi/iscalus  purpureus), 
January-June,  1880. 

Bull.  Esse.c.  Institute,  Vol.  XII.,  pp.  KYii-VlS  [Corvusfrugivorus 


to  Ortyxvirginiana),  July-September,  1880. 

The  high  praise  accorded  the  earlier  instalments  is  equally 
merited  by  those  now  under  notice,  Mr.  Mearns's  "  List  of  the  Birds  of 
the  Hudson  Highlands  "  ranking  easily  among  the  best  of  our  long  lisi 


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of  contributions  to  local  ornithology. . .  In  respect  to  nomenclature,  the 
list  is  abreast  with  the  latest  well  grounded  innovations.  — J.  A.  A.,  Bull. 
^'uU.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  VI.,  p.  172,  July,  1881. 

MiNOT,  H.  D.— The  Diary  of  a  Bird.  By  H.  D.  Minot.  Boston:  A. 
Williams  &  Co.,  1880,  8vo.,  pp.  38,  cuts. 

This  entertaining  and  pleasantly  written  piece  of  bird-gossip  is  re- 
presented to  be  a  translation  of  a  "  Diary"  of  a  "Black-throated  Green 
Warliler,"  and  recounts,  among  other  things  the  doings  of  "a  grand 
mass  meeting"  of  the  birds  to  discuss  "The  Destruction  and  Extermi- 
nation of  Birds;  how  caused  and  how  to  be  prevented."  in  which  various 
members  of  the  great  bird  convention  relate  their  grievances. ..  .The 
object  of  this  attractive  little  brochure  is  to  awaken  popvilar  interest  in 
the  general  subject  of  the  better  protection  of  our  birds,  not  only 
against  the  professional  market  gunner,  but  from  their  wholesale  de- 
struction to  meet  the  demands  of  the  milliner. — J.  A.  A.,  BulL  2^'uU. 
OmUh.  Club,  Vol.  V.,  p.  112,  April,  1880. 

Nehkling,  H. — Ornithologische  Beobachtungen  aus  Texas.  I.  Von 
H.  Nehrling.  MonatsscliriftdesDeutschen  Vereins  zum  Schutze 
der  Vogelwelt,  V  Jahrgang,  No.  7,  Juli,  1880,  pp.  122-139. 

These  observations  consist  of  a  running  commentary  on  the  more 
common  birds  met  with  by  Dr.  Nehrling  in  March,  April,  and  May, 
1879.  in  Lee  and  Fayette  Counties,  Texas.  It  is  apparently  the  first  of 
a  series  of  papers  on  the  birds  of  Texas. . .  .with,  incidentally,  notes  on 
the  mammals,  the  plants,  and  the  general  character  of  the  country. . . . 
—J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  Null.  Urnilh.  Club,  Vol.  VI.,  p.  lOS),  April,  1881. 

Obek,  Fbederick  a. — Camps  in  the  Caribbees:  The  Adventures  of  a 
Naturalist  in  the  Lesser  Antilles.  By  Frederick  A.  Ober.  Boston: 
Lee  and  Shepard.  New  York:  Charles  T.  Dillingham.  1880. 
8vo.,  pp.  xviii,  366,  with  34  illus. 

....The  general  text  introduces  a  good  deal  of  ornithological 
matter,  which  will  be  found  of  interest  and  value,  and  the  appendix  is 
entirely  devoted  to  this  subject.  It  gives  Mr  Lawrence's  sunimary  list 
of  the  sijecies,  128  in  number. ...  and  also  reproduces  the  original  de- 
scriptions of  all  the  new  species  discovered  by  the  energetic  and  suc- 
cessful explorer.— E.  C,  Bull.  ]\\M.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  V.,  p.  179,  July, 
1880. 

Reichenow,  Anton,  and  Schalow,  Heemann.--  Comijeudium  der  neu 
beschriebenen  Gattungen  und  Arten.  Von  Anton  Reichenow  und 
Hermann  Schalow.  Journal  fib-  Ornithologie,  1879,  pp.  308-329, 
420-437;   1880,  pp.  97-102,  194-209,  314-324. 

The  authors  of  the  "Compendium"  are  placing  ornithologists 
under  a  debt  of  gratitude  in  prom  ply  bringing  together  the  diagnoses 
of  the  new  genera  and  species  of  ciirreut  ornithological  literature.  The 
last  instalment  apparently  covers  the  first  half  of  the  year  1880,  and  the 
families  from  Caculklo'  n\)\\&rA  through  the  Oscims .  . .  .  —  i.  A.  A.,  BidL 
Xult.  Ornith.  Qub,  Vol.  VI.,  p.  Ill,  April,  1881. 

Rkiihenow,  Anton,  and  Scualow,  Hermann. — Zoologiscber  Jabres- 
bericht  fiir  1879.      Herausgegeben  von  der  Zoologiscben  Station 

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7A\  Neapol.  Kedigirt  von  Trof,  J.  Victor  CariiH  (W.  Englemann, 
Leipzig).  r>.  Avt'8.  ik\.  11.,  pp.  1108~ll(;i.  lieforenteu  Dr. 
Aut.  Ki-iclit'iiow  1111(1  H.  Sclmlow. 

. .  .  .Tlio  roport  njipears  to  be  very  canfiillv  and  milisfiictorily  pre- 
pared, the  annotations  lipinu  HuUicientlv  full  and  •'Xpliirit.-J.  A.  A., 
Hull.  \u(t.  OrnUh.  Chth,  Vol.  VI  ,  j).  Ill,  .April,  IHHl. 

IloitKUT.s.  Thomas  S. — The  Couvolutions  of  the  Trachea  in  the  Sand- 
hill and  Whooping  Cranes.  By  Thomas  S.  lloberts,  M.D.  .1  mer- 
ican  Niiluralist,  Vol.  XIV.,  February,  1880,  pp.  108-114,  figg. 

. .  .   Mr.  Rol)ertH  IniH  given  an  admirable  presentation  of  tlie  tracheal 
characters  o(  our  two  larger  species  of  Cranes,  illustrated  with  cuts 
—J.  A.  A.,  BhU.  XuU.  OrnUh.  CM,,  Vol.  V.,  pp.  Hit,  180,  July.  1880. 

SxK.MtNS,  WiNFiuD  A. —List  of  Birds  of  Fishkill  on  Hudson,  N.  Y. 
By  Winfrid  A.  Stearns.  8vo.,  pp.  16,  without  date  or  publi.sher's 
impress.     Published  July  10,  1880. 

This  is  a  briefly  annotated  list  of  about  130  species,  based  on  ten 
months'  observations  by  the  author  in  the  vicinity  of  Fishkill ....  the 
list,  though  very  incomplete,  is  doubtless  trustworthy  . .  -J.  A.  A., 
Ball.  NuU.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  V  ,  p.  233,  October,   1880. 

SrKERE,  J.  B. — A  List  of  the  Mammals  and  Birds  of  Ann  Arbor  and 
Vicinity.     By  Professor  J.  B.  Steere.     8vo.,  pp.  8,  1880. 

This  briefly  annotated  list  of  111  species  (of  birds)  is  good  as  far  as 
it  goes  "...  .with  the  exception  of  a  few,  given  upon  the  authority  of 
labeled  specimens  iu  tlie  Museum,  it  is  the  result  of  about  three  years' 
collecting  and  observation  in  this  vicinity."  J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  Nutt.  Ornith. 
Club,  Vol.  VI.,  p.  46,  January,  1881. 

18H1. 

Bailey,  H.  B. — "Forest  and  Stream"  Bird  Notes.  An  index  and 
summary  of  all  the  ornithological  matter  contained  in  "Forest 
and  Stream,"  Vols.  I-XII.  Compiled  by  H.  B.  Bailey.  New 
York  :  F.  Sc  S.  Pub.  Co.,  :59  Park  Row,  1881.  8vo.,  paper,  pp. 
iv.,  195. 

His  work  is  more  than  a  mere  alphabetical  list  of  names,  fol- 
lowed by  reference  figures  ;  for  it  includes  .  .  a  summary  of  each  article 
indexed  . .  .The  Index  also  includes  author's  names,  and  among  these 
the  authorship  of  many  pseudonyms  and  initial  signatures  are  for  the 
first  time  pro|)erly  exposed.  The  summation  of  the  bird -matters  seems 
to  be  quite  com))lete  and  is  certainly  extensive.  .  .  — E.  C,  JiuU,  Xutt. 
Ormth.  Club,  Vol.  VII.,  pp.  17"),  17(),  July,  1882. 

Fkeke,  Percy  Evans. — On  Birds  observed  in  Amelia  County,  Virginia. 
By  Percy  E.  Freke.  Scientific  Proc.  Roy(tl  DuJ>lin  Society,  Vol. 
III.     Part  III.      [Read  February  21,  1881. 1 

. . .  Mr.  Freke  has  done  good  service  in  jiublishiug  the  results  of 
six  years*  observations    in    Amelia  County,   at  a  ])oint    about    thirty 


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miles  south  of  Richmoml.  His  list,  which  is  freely  annotated,  includes 
112  species  . .  .The  author  has  evidoutly  fallen  into  somi-  confusion  re- 
garding the  spotted  breasted  Thruslies  of  the  genus  Turdus  . .  .will  be 
read  with  interest,  not  only  as  an  exponent  of  the  ornithology  of  a  pre- 
viously unworked  section,  but  also  as  enibo  lying  a  foreigner's  pleas- 
antly told  impre^sious  of  many  of  our  familiar  birds  —W.  JtJ.,  Jiall. 
Natl.  OniUh    Club,  Vol.  VII.,  p.  48,  January,  1882. 

Freke,  Percy  Evans. — North  American  Birds  crossing  the  Atlantic. 
By  Percy  Evans  Freke.  8vo.,  pp.  11.  Scientific  Proc.  Royal 
Dublin  Society,  Vol.  III.,  1881. 

This  paper  is  based  on  the  author's  "Comparative  Catalogue  of 
Birds  found  in  Europe  and  North  America". .  .  of  which  it  may  be  re- 
garded as  in  part  a  summary,  as  also  a  most  valuable  rt'sumt'  of  the 
general  subject  of  North  American  birds  occurring  in  Europe.  The 
number  of  species  is  Gi)  ;  the  total  number  of  occurrences,  494. . .  — 
J.  A.  A.,  Ball.  Null.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  VIII.,  pp.  114,  115,  April,  1883. 

Freke,  Percy  Evans.  —On  European  Birds  observed  in  North 
America.     By  Percy  E.  Freke.     Zoologist,  Seijtcmber,  1881. 

The  total  number  of  species  included  in  this  list  is  56,  of  which  U 
are  regarded  as  artificially  introduc'^d. . .  .The  list  seems  to  have  been 
most  carefully  worked  out,  and  may  deservedly  stand  as  a  companion 
piece  to  Mr.  J.  J.  Dakleish's  "List  of  Occurrences  of  North  American 
Birds  in  Europe,"  published  in  Volume  V.  of  this  Bulletin  ....  —J.  A.  A. , 
Bull.  Nutt.  Orniih.  Club,  Vol.  VIII. ,  p  115,  April,  1883. 

Garrod,  Alfred  Henry,  and  Forues,  AV.  A. — In  Memoriam.  The 
Collected  Scientific  Papers  of  the  late  Alfred  Henry  Garrod,  M.D., 
F.R.S.,  etc.  Edited,  with  a  biographical  memoir  of  the  author, 
by  W.  A.  Forbes,  B.A.,  etc.  London  :  R.  H.  Porter,  6  Tenter- 
den  Street,  1881.  1  vol.,  8vo.,  pp.  .xxvi.,  538,  i)ll.  33,  frontis- 
piece (portrait)  and  many  cuts  in  text. 

.  ..Of  the  anatomical  papers  in  the  jiresent  volume,  some  73  in 
number,  more  than  half  relate  to  birds,  describing  conditions  of  the 
osseous,  miiscular,  respiratory,  vascular,  digestive,  and  nervous  systems 
. . .  .and  discussing  in  candid  and  .'scientific  spirit  . .  the  bearing  of  the 
anatomical  points  upon  classification.  Of  the  accuracy  and  high  rate  of 
reliability  of  these  papers  there  can  be  no  question  among  them  is 
an  entirely  new  classification  of  birds,  based  primarily  upon  the  am- 

biens  [muscle] — E.   C,  Ball.  Autt.    Ornith.  Club,   Vol.  VII.,  pp.  43, 

44,  January,  1882. 

GoDMAN,  F.  DrcANE,  aud  Salvix,  Osbekt. — Biologia  Centrali- 
Americana  ;  or,  Contributions  to  the  knowledge  of  the  Fauna 
and  Flora  of  Mexico  and  Central  America.  Edited  by  F.  Dncane 
Godman  and  Osbert  Salvin.  ZoiUogy,  Parts  I-X.  Aves,  by  O. 
Salvin  and  F.  D.  Godman,  pp.  1-152,  jjU.  i  x.  4to.  London  : 
Published  for  the  Editors  by  R.  H.  Porter,  10  Chandos  Street, 


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Cavendish  S«|uart>,  W.,  aiul  Dulaii  S:  Co.,  Soho  Square.     Septem- 
ber, 1879  April,  18MI. 

...  .Ah  the  title  indiciiteH,  llie  work  trcftts  of  tiie  fanim  ami  Horn  ol 
Mexico  and  Centrnl  Aiuerica  . .  .Tho  ornithological  portion  is  \>y  the 
etlitora  .  Uf  each  HpecicH  a  short  Latin  duHcription  is  given,  and  all 
the  more  important  references  to  the  literature  are  duly  citeil.  .The 
ten  plates  thus  far  published  contain  figures  of '2o  hitherto  unfigured 
species  ..  .The  importance  and  u.sefulneHs  of  the  pnsent  work  cannot 
...  .be  easily  overestimated. . .  .The  execution  of  the  "Ihologia"  as  re- 
gards typography  and  illustrations.  ..  is  excellent  ...  J.  A.  A.,  Hull. 
AuU    Omith.  Club,  Vol.  VII.,  pp    174  170,  July,  1881. 

Harvie-Brown,  John  A.,  Cordeaux,  John,  and  Kermode.  Philip.— 
Report  on  the  Migration  of  Birds  in  the  Spring  and  Autumn 
of  1880.  By  Jobu  A.  Harvie-Browu,  F.L.S.,  F.Z.S.,  John  Cor- 
deaux, and  Philip  Kermode.  Loudon  :  W.  S.  Sounenscheiu 
&  Allen,  15,  Paternoster  Square.     1881.     8vo.,  pp.  120. 

....  we  now ....  call  attention  to  several  late  reports  and  papers  on 
the  same  subject  [migration  of  birds].  The  report  for  188U  torms  a 
pamphlet  of  120  octavo  pages  ...printed  schedules  and  letters  of  in- 
struction were  sent  to  39  stations  ...  on  the  east  coast  of  Scotland  . 
to  44  on  the  east  coast  of  England  ;  to  38  on  the  west  coast  of  Scotland 
. . .  .and  to  3y  on  the  west  coa.st  of  England,  or  to  160  stations  in  all. 
from  106  ofwLich  reports  were  received ....  The  report  for  1881  is  of 
similar  scope  and  character....--!.  A.  A.,  Bull.  NuU.  Orn'dh.  Club,  Vol. 
VIII.,  pp.  228,  229,  October,  1883. 

Harvie-Brown,  John  A. — Paper  on  the  Migration  of  Birds  upon  our 
British  Coasts,  read  before  the  Stirling  Field  Club,  on  Tuesday, 
13th  December,  1881,  by  J.  A.  Harvie-Brown,  F.R.S.E.,  F.Z.S., 
etc.  Stirling  :  Printed  at  the  Journal  and  Advertiser  OflSce.  1881. 
12mo.,  pp,  12. 

Hatch,  P.  L. — A  List  of  the  Birds  of  Minnesota.  By  Dr.  P.  L. 
Hatch.  Ninth  Ann.  Rep.  Geo/,  and  Nat.  Hist.  Sio-v.  Minn.,  for 
1880.     1881,  pp.  361-372. 

...a  list  of  281  species,  briefly  annotated   . . .  -E.  C,  Bull.  NuU. 
OrniUi.  Club,  Vol.  VII.,  p.  47,  January,  1882. 

HoLTERHOFF,  G.,  Jr. — A  Collector's  Notes  on  the  Breeding  of  a  few 
Western  Birds.  By  E.  [t.  e.,  G.J  HoIterhofiF,  Jr.  American 
Naturalist,  March,  1881,  pp.  208-219. 

The  observations  here  recorded  were  made  in  Southern  California 

in  the  spring  of  1880  and  have   reference  to  some  40  species.... — 
J.  A.  A.,  BaU.  NiUl.  OrnUh.  Club,  Vol.  VI.,  p.  173,  July,  1881. 

Hoffman,  W.  J. — Annotated  List  of  the  Birds  of  Nevada.  By  W.  J. 
Hoffman,  M.D.,  Bull.  V.  S.  Geol.  and  (Jeof/r.  Siirv.  of  Terr., 
Vol.  VI.,  No.  2,  Sept.  19,  1881,  pp.  203-256,  and  Map. 

The  list  is  based  partly  upon  the  writer's  personal  experience 

in  the  field  during  the  season  of  1871,  but  niaiuly  upou   . .   previously 


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published  reports  ...It  hence  partakes  largely  of  the  nature  of  a  com- 
pilation, although  the  author's  original  notes  are  by  no  moans  few  or 
uninteresting  . .  .The  paper  . . .  closes  with  a  bibliographical  list  of  the 
chief  publications  relating  to  the  region  considered,  and  an  excellent 
map  of  the  State. . .  .Dr.  Hoffman's  paper  . .  .should  find  a  place  in  the 
hands  of  every  working  ornithologist. —W.  H.,  Bull.  Nail.  Orn'ilh.  Club, 
Vol.  VII.,  p.  51,  January,  1882. 

Krukenberg,  C.  Fr.  W. — Die  Farbstoffe  der  Federn,  in  (lessen 
vergleichend-physiologische  Studieu.  Von  Dr.  C.  Fr.  W.  Kruken- 
berg.    I  Reihe,  V  Abth.,  1881,  pp.  72-92.     Plate  iii. 

This  paper,  the  first  of  a  series,  seems  to  be  the  product  of  more 
careful  work  than  previous  publications  on  the  subject  [coloring  matter 

of  feathers] —  J.  Amory  Jeffries,   litilL  Null.   Ornilh.  Club,  Vol.  VII., 

pp.  114,  115,  April,  1882. 

Langdon,  F.  W. — Field  Notes  on  Louisiana  Birds.  By  Dr.  F.  W. 
Langdon.  Journ.  Cincinwiti  Soc.  Nat.  Hist..  July,  1881,  pp.  145- 
155. 

....  "a  record  of. . .  .the  month  ending  April  17,  1881  at  'Cinclaire' 
...  .in  the  parish  of  West  Baton  Rouge". . .  .the  paper  will  be  welcomed 
as  an  acceptable  contribution  to  our  knowledge  of  a  region  which  has 
been  nearly  a  terra  incognit'i  to  ornitbologists  since  the  days  of  Audubon. 
— W.  B.,  BvU.  Nutt.  Omith.  Club,  Vol.  VII.,  pp.  40,  49,  January,  1882. 

Langdon,  F.  W. —Zoological  Miscellany,  edited  by  Dr.  F.  W. 
Langdon.  Jour.  Gmcinnati  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  Vol.  IV.,  Dec,  1881, 
pp.  336-346. 

....  "facts. ..  .respecting  the  sti'ucture,  the  life  history,  or  the 
geographical  distribution  of  the  various  species  of  animals  constituting 
the  Ohio  Valley  Fauna."  The  part  before  us  includes  sections  on 
mammalogy,  ornithology,  herpetology,  ichthyology,  conchology,  and 
entomology. .  ..the  editor  contributes  a  sliort  but  useful  paper  on  the 
"  Introduction  of  European  Birds"  ...— W.  B.,  Ball.  Null.  Ornilh.  Club, 
Vol.  VII.,  pp.  50,  51,  January,  1^82. 

Lawrence,  George  N. — Description  of  a  New  Subspecies  of  Loxigilla 
from  the  Island  of  Si.  Christopher,  West  Indies.  By  George  N- 
Lawrence.     Froc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mks.,  Vol.  IV.,  1882,  pp.  204,  205. 

....Mr.  Lawrence  describes  a  now  subspecies  of  Loxigilla  (i.  pm'- 
loricensin  var  grandis) . . . . — J.  A.  A.,  Ball.  JS'ult.  Ornilh  Club,  Vol.  VllL, 
p.  114,  April,  1883. 

Macoun,  Joun. — Extract  from  a  Report  of  Exploration  by  Pi'ofessor 

John  Macoun,   M.A.,   F.L.S.     Report  of  Dejtarlment  of  Interior 

(Ottawa,  1881  ?)     8vo.,  pp.  48. 

....chiefly  (pp.  8  40)  of  Professor  Macoun's  own  report  of  his 
explorations  during  the  summer  of  1880. . .  .north  of  our  territories  of 
Dakota  and  Montana. . .  .the  present  paper  possesses  decided  value,  as 


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the  observer  appeared  to  lmv«  paid  special  attffntion  to  tlic  tUatribution 
of  birilH  in  the  wide  area  traversed.  Alter  a  riHiiiu*'-  oJ  the  leading 
ornitholo({ioal  featnreK  of  tlie  ref^ion  is  preMented  an  unuotated  list  of 
the  HpecieH  Hecured,  lO'J  iu  nuinljer  . . .  We  feel  at  liberty  to  call  atten- 
tion to  Mome  manuscript  alterations  made  by  the  author  iu  our  copy. 
For  Coiurniciilus  jxtsserinus  read  Zonolrichia  all/icollis ;  for  Myiarclms 
crinilus,  read  Ti/ratmu.s  vettiraim ;  for  Arduhxtteo  UKjiqt^is.  read  A.  jtrru- 
ifineua  . .  for  'IViixjn  canuhis  read  7'.  Ixiirdi ;  for  I'oiliiymhns  pciliceps,  reatl 
Podiceps  califomims. .  .  — E  C,  Hull,  tiull.  OrnUh.  Cluh,  Vol.  VII  ,  p.  113, 
April,  1882. 

Rathbun,  Fkank  R,  — Bright  Feathers  or  some  North  American 
Birds  of  Beauty.  By  Frank  R.  Rathbuu.  lUiistratecl  with  Draw- 
ings from  Nature,  and  carefully  colored  by  hand.  Auburn,  N.  Y. 
Published  by  the  Author,  1880.  4to.  Part  I.,  pp.  i-viii,  9-24, 
colored  Plate  and  colored  Vignette. 

...  .is  an  attractive  piece  of  book  making;  the  drawing  of  the  plate 
is  passable,  and  the  coloring  is  not  more  highly  exaggerated  than  in 
many  plates  by  authors  of  reputation  for  accnracy.  The  text  more 
clearly  betrays  the  baud  of  inexperience  . .  The  author  is  evidently 
not  wanting  in  knowledge  of  his  subject;  the  faults  of  style  he  will 
doubtless  be  able  to  overcome  as  the  work  proceeds.  .  -J.  A.  A.,  Ball. 
NuU.  OrnUh.  Club,  Vol   V.,  p.  234,  October,  1880. 

Part  II. 

Part  II.  of  this  work, ....  is  devoted  to  the  Rose-breasted  Grosbeak 
{Goniaphea  ladociciana.)  The  colored  plate  illustrates  the  adult  male 
and  female,  but  the  sixteen  quarto  pages  (pp.  25  40)  of  text  leave  the 
history  of  the  species  still  unfinished.  In  noticing  Part  I  . .  we  were 
compelled  to  speak  unfavorably  of  the  literary  execution  of  the  work, 
and  regret  that  the  present  issue  will  not  permit  of  a  more  favorable 
notice .... —J.  A.  A.,  Bill.  Xutt.  Ontitli.  Cluh,  Vol.  VI.,  pp.  172,  173,  July, 
1881. 

RiDOWAY,  RoBEBT. — Revisions  of  Nomenclature  of  certain  North 
American  Birds.  By  Robert  Ridgway.  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 
Vol.  III.,  1881,  pp.  1-16.  Author's  .separates  issued  March  27, 
1880. 

....Mr.  Ridgway  takes  as  a  starting-point  Dr.  Coues's  "Check 
List"  published  in  1873,  and  formally  notices  many  of  the  changes  from 
the  nomenclature  there  adopted  . . .  and  proposes  many  additional  ones, 
the  whole  number  here  receiving  attention  amounting  to  upward  of 

eighty —J.  A.  A.,  Ball.  XuK.  Urnilh.  Cluh,  Vol.  V.,  pp.  177,  198,  Julv, 

1880. 

Ridgway,  Robebt. — Nomenclature  of  North  American  Birds  chiefly 
contained  in  the  United  States  National  Museum.  By  Robert 
Ridgway.  BuH.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  No.  21.  Published  under  the 
direction  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution.  Washington  :  Gov- 
ernment Printing  OflBce,  1881.     8vo.,  pp.  1-94. 

....its  publication  marks  an  epaoh  iu  North  American  ornitho- 
logy  The  actual  number  of  names iu  the  jircsent  catalogue  (.1881), 


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"924" the  system  is  trinominal The  work evinces  the  exer- 
cise of  the  utmost  care  in  its  preparation.  J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  Null.  OrnilL 
Vtub,  Vol.  VI.,  pp.  164  171,  July,  1881. 

RiDGWAY,  Robert. — A  Revised  Catalogne  of  the  Birds  ascertained  to 
occur  in  Illinois.  By  Robert  Ridgway.  lUinoia  Slate  lAxhoralory 
of  Natural  History.  Bulletin  No.  4.  Bloomiugton,  111.,  May,  1881. 
8vo.,  pp.  161-208. 

....based  primarily  upon  the  same  author's  "Catalogue  of  the 
Birds  ascertained  to  occur  in  Illinois,"  published  . .  .in  1874.  but  adds 
:<l  species. . .  .341  now  enumerated,  besides  1 1  additional  varieties. . . . 
The  species  known  to  breed  (213  in  number)  are  distinguished  by  an 
asterisk The  nomenclature  is  that  of  Mr.  lliilgway's  recently  pub- 
lished "Catalogue  of  North  American  Birds  "  .  .  Illinois  takes  the  lead 
among  the  States  in  respect  to  number  of  species  of  birds  . . .  —J.  A.  A., 
IML  Null.  Orniih.  Club,  Vol.  VI  ,  pp.  171,  172,  July,  1881. 

Roberts,  Thomas  S. — The  Winter  Birds  of  Minnesota.  By  Thomas 
S.  Roberts.  Ninth  Ann.  Rep.  Geol.  and  Nat.  Hist.  Surv.  Minn., 
for  1880,  1881,  pp.  373-383. 

...  .treats. ..  of  52  species  known  to  occnr  in  the  State  in  winter 
. . .  .the  information  given  conveying  a  good  idea  of  the  bird-fauna  at 
that  season  of  the  year.... — E.  C,  Bull.  Null.  Orniih.  Club,  Vol.  VII., 
p.  47,  January,  1882. 

Seebohm,  Henry.— Catalogue  of  the  Birds  in  the  British  Museum. 
Vol.  V.  Catalogue  of  the  Passeriformes,  or  Perching  Birds  in  the 
British  Museum.  Cichlomorphte  :  Part  II.,  containing  the  family 
Turdidto  (Warblers  and  Thrushes).  By  Henry  Seebohm.  Lon- 
don, 1881.     8vo.,  pp.  xvi,  426,  pll.  xviii. 

,  . .  .this  group  is  defined  in  Mr.  Sharpe's  scheme  of  classification, 
with  limits  rather  different  from  those  usually  assigned  to  it  ...we 
admire  most  heartily  his  [Mr.  Seebohm's]  thorough  treatment  of  the 
subject  in  hand  and  the  philosophic  spirit  in  which  he  has  approached 

his  task —J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  Null.    Orniih.   Club,  Vol.  VIII.,  pp.  99-1U4, 

April,  1883. 

Sharpe,  R.  BowDiiER. — Catalogue  of  the  Birds  in  the  British  Museum. 

Vol.  VI.     Catalogue  of  the  Passeriformes,  or  Perching  Birds,  in 

the  collection  of  the  Britisli  Museum.    Cichlomorphio  :  Part  III., 

containing  the  first  portion  of  the  family  Timeliidie    (Babbling 

Thrushes).     By  R.   Bowdler  Sharpe.     London,    1881.      8vo.,  pp. 

xiii,  420,  pll.  xviii. 

....In  respect  to  the  classitication  followed  in  these  volumes,  Mr. 
Sharpe  states  that  it  is  based  on  that  of  the  late  Pi'ofessor  Sundevall. 
. . ...  —J.  A.  A.,  Bali  X>dl.  Orniih.  Club,  Vol.  VIII.,  pp.  104,  105,  April,  1883. 

Shufeldt,  R.  W. — Osteology  of  Speotyto  cnnicularia  var.  hypogjea. 
By  R.  W.  Shufeldt,   [First  Lieutenant  and  J    Assistant    Sni-geou, 


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U.  S.  Army.     Bull.  U.  S.  (JeoL   tmd  Hengr.   Surv.   of   Terr.,  Vol. 

VI.,  No.  1,  February  11,  1881,  pp.  87-117,  pU.  i-iii. 

SiitJFEiiDT,    11.    W. — Osteology  of    Eremophilii    iilpestris.      IJy  R.  W. 

SImfeldt,  [First  Lieutenant  and]  Assistant  Surgeon,  U.  S.  Army. 

JhilL  U.   S.    Geot.   and  Geogr.  Surv.  of   Tn-r..  Vol.   VI.,    No.    1, 

February  11,  1881,  pp.  119-147,  pi.  iv. 

As  memoirs  of  descriptive  osteology  these  papers  merit  high  praise, 
and  may  well  be  welcomed  as  valuable  contributions  in  a  little  worked 
tield.--J.  A.  A.,  BiUL  Nutt.  OmiUi.  Club.  Vol.  VI.,  pp.  109,  110,  April, 
1881. 

Shufeldt,  R.  W.  — Osteology  of  the  North  American  TetraonidsB. 
By  Dr.  R.  W.  Shufeldt,  U.  8.  A.  Bu/l.  U.  S.  Geol.  and  Geogr. 
.Surv.  of  Terr.,  Vol.  VI.,  No.  2,  pp.  309-35(',  pll.  v-xiii. 

. .  .so  far  as  we  know,  the  most  complete  of  any  [paper]  on  American 
birds  of  one  group  .. — J.  Amory  Jeffries,  JialL  Nail.  Omilk.  Club, 
Vol.  VIL,  pp.  44,  45,  January,  1882. 

Shufeldt,  R.  W. — Osteology  of  Lanius  ludovicianus  excubitoroides 

By  Dr.  R.   W.  Shufeldt,   U.   S.  A.     liu//.    U.  S.  Geol.  and  Geogr, 

Surv.  of  Terr.,  Vol.  VI.,  No.  2,  pp.  351-359,  pi.  xiv. 

The  description  ..  .is  short,  concise,  and  maj*  be  summed  up  in 
the  statement  that  the  skeleton  of  this  bird  is  strictly  Passerine. — J. 
Amory  Jeflfries,  Bull  Null.  OrnUk.  Club,  Vol.  VIL,  p.  45,  January,  1882. 

Shufeldt,  R.  W. — The  Claw  on  the  Index  Digit  of  the  Cathartidae. 
By  R.  W.  Shufeldt,  M.D.  American  Naturalist,  November,  1881, 
pp.  906-908. 

....this  paper  contains  such  important  errors,  botli  in  regard  to 
structure  of  birds  and  the  literature  of  the  subject  that  some  rectifica- 
tion seems  necessary.  Dr.  Shufeldt  describes  the  claw  at  the  end 
of  the  first  fiuger  of  Gatliarista  airala  as  a  new  discovery,  considering 
that  claws  outside  of  the  Ostrich  groups  liave  uot  hitherto  been  de- 
scribed, and  also  states  that  it  is  a  point  of  distinction  between  the  Old 
and  New  World  Vultures.  ...the  claw  on  the  first  finger  is  anything 
but  an  unknown  object  ...That  the  claw  is  absent  iu  the  Old  World 
Vultures  is  also  an  error  if  we  may  trust  the  high  authority  of  Nitzsch. .  . 
as  a  rule  the  claws  are  much  more  con8))icuous  in  >onng  than  in  adult 
birds.—J.  Amory  Jeffries,  Hull.  Natl.  Ornith.  Cluh.  Vol.  VII.,  pp.  46,  47, 
January,  1882. 

.Stearns,  Winfkid  A  ,  and  Coue.s,  Elliott.— New  England  Bird  Life, 

being  a  Manual  of  New  England  Ornithology,  revised  and  edited 

from  the  manuscript  of  Wiufrid  A.  Stearns,  Member  of  the  Nuttall 

Ornithological  Club,  etc.,  by  Dr.  Elliott  Coues,  U.  S.  A.,  Member 

of  the  Academy,  etc.    Part  I.-Oscines.    Boston:  Lee  and  Shepard, 

Publisher.s.   New  York:  Charles  T.  Dillingham.      1881.      8vo.,  pp. 

324,  numerous  woodcuts. 

...  .we  at  length  have  a  work  on  New  England  Birds  of  which  no 
ornithologist  need  feel  ashamed .. .  The  main  body  of  the  work  com- 


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prises  two  hundred  and  seventy  pages  and  treats ....  tbe  whole  order 
Oscines. . .  .The  claims  of  each  species  to  be  considered  a  member  of  the 
New  England  Fauna  are  critically  examined. . .  .the  design  being  to  give 
a  thoroughly  reliable  list  of  the  Birds,  with  an  account  of  the  leading 
facts  in  the  life-history  of  each  species.  The  plan  of  the  work  includes 
brief  descriptions  of  the  birds  themselves,  enabling  one  to  identify  any 
specimen  ...  To  say  that  the  book  is  exceedingly  well-written  would  be 
doing  it  scant  justice.  Dr.  Coues's  brilliant  talents  in  this  respect  are 
already  well  known,  but  we  have  perhaps  never  had  so  striking  a  proof 

of  them  as  is  atforded  by  the  present  volume Mr.  Stearns  may  be 

congratulated  on  his  wise  choice  of  an  editor. —W.  U.,  JiiUl.  Natl.  Ornillu 
Club,  Vol.  VI.,  pp.  230-240,  Uctober,  1«81. 

1882. 

BiCKNELii,  Eugene  Pintard.— A  Review  of  the  Summer  Birds  of  a 
I)art  of  The  Catskill  Mountains,  with  prefatory  remarks  on  the 
fannal  and  floral  features  of  the  region.  By  Eugene  Pintard 
Bicknell.  Transactions  of  Iha  LiniKjean  Society  of  New  York. 
Vol.  I.,  pp.  113-168,  December,  1882. 

....is  based  on  observations  made  "during  brief  explorations  of 
the  more  southern  Catskills  in  three  successive  years,  from  June  6-15, 

1880;   12-18,   1881;   24-27,   l832 Tweuty-tive  of   the    total    lifty-six 

pages  are  devoted  to  prefatory  remarks ....  Mr.  Bicknell  evidently  has 
a  penchant  for  the  analysis  and  comparison  of  fauna-,  and  his  remarks 
iu  the  present  connection  are  decidealy  interesting  . .  The  list  proper 
includes  eighty-nine  species  and  varieties.  It  is  very  fully  annotated. 
....— W.  B.,  Bvdl.  NuU.  OmUh.  Club,  Vol.  VIII.,  p.  63,  January,  1883. 

BliASIus,  Rudolph. — V.  Jahresbericht  (1880)  des  Ausschlusses  fiir 
Beobachtungs-stationeu  der  Vogel  Deutschlands.  Journal  fiir 
Ornithologie,  XXX  Jahrg.,  Heft  I,  Jan.,  1882,  pp.  18-110. 

The  fifth  annual  report  of  the  German  observers  for  the  year  1880 
...  is  presented  in  the  lorm  of  au  annotated  list  of  280  species,  com- 
piled from  the  reports  of  the  various  observers  .  ..The  notes  relate  to 
nesting  of  many  of  the  species,  as  well  as  to  their  migrations  . .  There 
are  . . .  reports  from  no  less  than  36  stations,  and  the  ivsume  of  the  obser- 
vations taten  forms  a  paper  of  great  interest  and  value. — J.  A.  A.,  Ball. 
XiM.  Ornilh.  Club,\o\.  Vlll.,  pp.  229,  --^30,  Uctober,  1883. 

Brown,  Nathan  Clifford. — A  Catalogue  of  tbe  Birds  known  to  occur 
in  the  vicinity  of  Portland,  Me.  [etc.  ]  By  Nathan  Cliiford 
Brown.     Fi-oc.  Portland  Soc.  Nal.  Hist.,  Dec.  4,  1882. 

This  excellent  local  list is  stated  to  be  prepared  from  notes  .sys- 
tematically taken  during  the  past  twelve  years,  and  to  contain  the 
names  of  scarcely  any  species  which  have  not  passed  under  the  author's 
personal  observation,  its  reliability  is  therefore  evident.  The  number 
of  species  given  is  250  . .  .The  annotations,  though  nut  extensive,  are  to 
the  poiut  and  seem  judiciously  adapted  to  convey  a  fair  idea  of  the  part 
each  species  plays  in  the  composition  of  tlie  Avifauna.  ..  — E.G., 
Ball.  Xuil.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  VIII.,  pp.  112,  113,  April,  1883. 


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Chamberlain,  Montague. — A  Catuloguc  of  the  Birds  of  New  IJrnns- 
wick,  with  brief  uotes  relating  to  their  migrations,  breeding,  rela- 
tive abiHulance,  etc.  By  Montague  Chamberlain.  Bullelin  of  the 
Nntniuil  Ilistorif  Suciely  of  New  lirnnswick.  No.  1,  pp.  23-G8. 
Pabliahed  by  the  Society.     Saint  John,  .N.  B.,  1882. 

.  .This  paper  . .  comprises  some  forty-tliree  pages,  which  are  di- 
vided into  two  sections  ;  "Section  A"  bein^  restricted  to  species  which 
occur  in  St.  John  aud  King's  Counties;  while  "  Section  B"  embraces 
"species  which  have  not  been  observed  in  Saint  John  or  King's  ('ounties 
hut  which  occur  in  other  parts  of  the  Province."  Tlie  former  division 
treats  of  a  region  to  which  the  author  has  ovidi-ntly  paid  special  atten- 
tion, and  the  text,  being  mainly  based  on  his  personal  observations  or 
investigations,  includes  many  interesting  and  several  important  notes 
and  records. . .  Section  B  is  almost  wholly  compiled  . .  Mr.  Chamber- 
lain's work,  so  far  as  it  has  jzone,  has  evidently  been  done  carefully 
and  well. . .  .in  many  respects  it  lacks  the  completeness  that  is  desirable 
in  a  paper  of  its  kind  . . .— W.  B.,  Ball.  Suit.  Ornilh.  Ulnb,  Vol.  VII.,  pp. 
176,  177,  July,  1882. 

Collins,  J.  W. — Notes  on  the  Habits  and  Methods  of  Capture  of  vari- 
ous species  of  Sea  Birds  that  occur  on  the  Fishing  Banks  ofif  the 
Eastern  Coast  of  North  America,  aud  which  are  used  as  bait  for 
catching  Codfish  by  New  England  Fi.sliermen.  By  Capt.  J.  W. 
Collins.  Ann.  Rep.  of  the  Comin.  of  Fish  and  Fisheries  for  1882, 
pp.  311-338,  pi.  i. 

...  particularly  welcome,  not  only  for  the  information  they  convey 
on  these  points  [sea-birds  captured  and  used  as  bait],  but  also  respect- 
ing the  relative  abundance  of  the  sea-birds  met  with  on  the  fishing 
banks,  their  habits,  seasons  of  occurrence,  and  migrations. . . .  The  spe- 
cies captured  in  largest  numbers  is  the  Greater  Shearwater  (Puffimis 
mayor) . . . .  —  J.  A.  A.,  The  Auk,  Vol.  I.,  pp.  38C,  381,  October,  1884. 

CouEs,  Elliott. — The  Coues  Check  List  of  North  American  Birds, 
revised  to  date  and  entirely  rewritten  under  direction  of  the 
author,  with  a  Dictionary  of  the  Etymology,  Orthography  and 
Orthoepy  of  the  scientific  names,  the  Concordance  of  previous 
lists,  aud  a  Catalogue  of  his  Ornithological  Publications.  Boston  : 
Estes  and  Lauriat.     1882.     1  vol.  Royal  8vo. ,  jij).  165. 

...  it  is  much  more  than  a  catalogue  of  North  .\u)('ricau  birds. . . . 
the  erudition  and  scholarly  research  involved  in  this  untlertaking  must 
be  apparent  to  the  most  casual  reader.  The  i)ractical  value  of  the  work 
is  equally  plain. . .  .The  total  number  of  species  and  varieties  enumer- 
ated is  eight  hundred  and  eightv-eight  . . .  -  W.  B.,  Hull.  Null.  Omiih. 
Club,  Vol.  VII.,  pp.  Ill,  112.  April,  1882. 

....The  purpose  of  the  present  'Check  List'  is.  First  to  present 
a  complete  list  of  the  birds  now  known  to  inhabit  North  Anu'rica.  north 
of  Mexico  and  including  Greenlaml  . .  Secondly  to  take  each  word. . . . 
explain  its  derivation,  significance,  and  ajjjilication,  spell  it  correctly 
and  indicate  its  pronunciation.  . .  Concerning  the  whole  work  we  can 
say  nothing  stronger  than  that  it  is  in  every  way  worthy  of  its  brilliant 
and  distinguished  author,  who  has  evidently  made  it  one  of  his  most 


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mature  and  carefully  studied   efforts it  fills  a  field  of  usefulness 

peculiarly  its  own —  W.  B.,    Bull.  Xult.  Ornith.  CM),  Vol.  NIL,  pp. 

212-246.  October,  1882. 

Dubois,  Alphonse. — De  la  Variabilito  des  Oiseaux  dii  genre  Loxia. 
Par  M.  Alph.  Dubois,  Conservateur  au  Mu.soe  royal  d'histoire 
naturelle  de  Belgicjue.  Exlrait  du  Bulletin  clu  Musee  royal  d'his- 
loire  naturelle  de  Belyique.     Tome  I.     Oct.,  1882. 

. . .  .These  varieties,  races,  or  subspecies,  he  holds  to  be  the  result 
of  the  action  of  climate,  fooil,  or  other  "fortuitous  causes"  upon  size 
and  coloration,  and  states  that  his  morphological  studies  have  demon- 
strated that  species  are  variable  in  proportion  to  the  extent  of  their  area 

of  dispersion —J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  NtUt.  Ornitl,.  Club,  Vol.  VIII.,  p.  170, 

July,  1883. 

DuTCHEK,  William. — Is  Not  the  Fish  Crow  (Corvus  o.ssifragus  Wil- 
son) a  winter  as  well  as  a  summer  resident  at  the  northern  limit 
of  its  range  ?  By  William  Diiteher.  Transact iona  of  the  Linncean 
Society  of  New  York.     Vol.  I.,  pp.  107-111,  December,  1882. 

...  .is  short,  occupying  less  than  three  pages The  evidence  cited 

is  apparently  conclusive. . . . — \V.  B.,  Ball.  Xutl.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  VIII., 
p.  54,  January,  1883. 

Forbes,  S.  A. — The  Regulative  Action  of  Birds  upon  Insect  Oscilla- 
tions. By  S.  A.  Forbes.  Bull.  JVb.  6,  Illinois  State  Laboratory  of 
Nat.  Hist.,  Dec,  1882,  pp.  1-31. 

Our  best  authority  upon  the  insect  food  of  birds  has  continued  his 
observations  upon  the  subject  ...The  paper  is  very  carefully  worked 
up  to  show  how  effectively  birds  Uiay  restore  a  disturbed  balance  of  life 
...We  trust  Profe.ssor  Forbes  will  not  desist  from  his  good  work. 
Such  exact  data  as  these  are  just  what  is  required  for  the  .solution  of  the 
general  problem  which  is  offered  by  the  relations  of  the  bird-world  to 
agriculture.— E.  C,  Ball  Nail.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  VIII.,  pp.  105  107, 
April,  1883. 

Gentry,  Thojia.s  G. — Xe.sts  and  Eggs  of  the  Birds  of  the  United 
States  [Penu.sylvania] .     4to.     50  colored  Plates.     1882. 

Part  I.  of  this  new  enterprise. ..  .has  reached  us  ..  The  text  of 
this  number  is  meritorious,  and  the  plates  are  not. . . . — E.  C,  Bull.  Xutt. 
Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  V.,  p.  179,  July,  1880. 

Harvie-Brown,  Johx  A.,  Cordeaux,  Joh.v,  and  Newton,  Alfred. — 
Report  of  the  Committee,  consisting  of  Mr.  J.  A.  Harvie-Brown, 
Mr.  John  Cordeaux,  and  Professor  Newton,  appointed  at  Swansea 
"  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  (with  the  consent  of  the  Master  and 
Brethren  of  the  Trinity  House,  and  of  the  Commissioners  of 
Northern  Lights)  observations  on  the  Migration  of  Birds  at 
Lighthouses  and  Lightships,  and  of  reporting  on  the  same,  at 
York,  in  1881."  London  :  Printed  by  Spottiswoode  and  Co.. 
New-Street  Square  and  Parliament  Street.      [1882.]     8vo.,  pp.  8. 


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Harvie-Bkown,  John  A.,  [etc.  J — Report  on  tlie  Migration  of  Birds  in 
the  Autumn  of  1881.  By  John  A.  Hiirvio-Browu,  Mr,  John  Cov- 
deaux,  Mr.  Philip  M.  C.  Kermode,  Mr.  R.  M.  Barrington,  and 
Mr.  A.  G.  More.  London  :  Printed  by  West.  Newman  Sc  Co., 
54,  Hatton  Garden.     1882,  8vo.,  pp.  101. 

Hoffman,  W.  J.— List  of  Birds  observed  at  Ft.  Berthold,  D.  T., 
during  the  montli  of  September,  1881.  By  W.  J.  Hoffman,  M.D. 
Proc.  Boston  ^Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  Feb.  1,  1882. 

. . .  .the  resnlt  of  some  obscrvntions  miulo  during,' Soptember,  1881 
...  .Fifty-seven  species  were  identiliod  .  Tlie  niinotations  nrc  usually 
very  brief  ...A  novel  feature  of  the  list  is  that  ot  the  Indian  names 
which  are  given  for  many  of  the  common  birds  . .  — W.  15.,  Hull.  \ult. 
Oniilh.  Club,  Vol.  VIII.,  pp.  r)4,  55.  January.  1H8:J. 

Inoersoli.,  Ernest.— Birds'-Nesting  :  A  Handbook  of  Instruction  in 
Gathering  and  Preserving  the  Nests  and  Eggs  of  Birds  for  the 
Purposes  of  Study.     By  Ernest  Inger.soll.     Salem,  1882. 

This  little  book  is  intended  for  a  guide  to  the  beginner.  .  The 
book  may  be  summarized  as  a  readable  account  of  the  various  modes  of 
collecting  birds'  egf,'s  and  nests  A  long  account  of  the  various  paM- 
phernalia  for  blowing  and  marking  eggs  is  given ...  A  list  of  unknown 
nests  contains  faults  of  admission,  tliouyh  these  are  not  numerous 
...  .—J.  A.  J.,  Bull.  Xutt.  Omiih.  Club,  Vol.  VII.,  pp.  179,  180,  July,  1882. 

Knowlton,  F.  H. — A  Revised  List  of  the  Birds  of  Brandon,  Vt.,  and 
vicinity.  By  F.  H.  Knowlton.  The  Brandon  Union  (newspaper;, 
February  10,  1882. 

This  is  a  briefly  annotated  list  of  149  species. . .  .The  chief  interest 
of  the  list  lies  in  its  bearing  upon  the  extent  of  the  Alleghanian  fauna 
in  the  Champlain  valley. . .  .Mr.  Knowlton  has  recorded  Wilson's  Plover 

instead  of  Wilson's  Snipe. -C.  F.  B.,   Ball.  Xutt.  Oniilh    Club,  Vol. 

VII.,  pp.  113,  114,  April,  1882. 

Kbukenijerg,  C.  Fr.  W. — Die  Farbstoffe  der  Federn  in  Dessen  verg- 
leichend-i^hysiologische  Studien.  Von  Dr.  C.  Fr.  W.  Kruken- 
berg.     II  Reihe,  I  Abth.,  1882,  pp.  151,  171, 

. . .  the  author  describes  the  yellow  pigment.  Coriosulfurin,  found 
in  the  tarsus  of  the  birds  of  prev  . .  .—J.  A.  J..  Ball  Suit.  'Jrnlth  Club, 
Vol.  VII.,  pp.  177,  178,  July,  1882. 

Lawrence,  George  N.— Description  of  a  New  Species  of  Swift  of  the 
genus  Chfctura,  with  Notes  on  two  other  little-known  Birds.  By 
George  N.  Lawrence.  Ann.  Neio  York  Acad.  Sci.,  Vol.  II.,  No. 
8,  pp.  247,  248.     March,  1882. 

Lawrence,  George  N. — Descriptions  of  New  Species  of  Birds  from 
Yucatan,  of  the  Families  Columbida>  and  Formicariidie.  By 
George  N.  Lawrence.  Ann.  N'eio  Vork  AotU.  X'/.,  Vol.  II.,  No.  9, 
pp.  287,  288.     May,  1882. 


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Lawbence,  GKOKaE  N.-Description  o  a  New  Species  of  B-d  of  the 
Family  Cypselid^B.  By  Cxeorge  N.  Lawrence.  Ann.  I^w  York 
Acad.Sci.,  Vol.  II.,  No.  U,  pp.  355.  356.     December,  1882. 

Linden,  CH.vRLES.-Oa  the  Domestication  of  some  of  our  Wild  Ducks. 
By  Charles  Linden.  Bull.  Buffalo  Soc.  Nat.  .Sciences,  Vol.  IV., 
No.  2,  pp.  33-39,  1882. 

noTmStly  become  rare   "'•  Lm-ien  »n,.amme.  t  .  «v  li    o  ^»,,«:, 

ber.  1883. 
Merbxam,  CiNTON  HABT.-TheVertebratesof  the  Adirondack  Region 
Northeastern  New  York.    By  Clinton  Hart  Mernam,  M.D.     [First 
Instalment.]      Transactions  of  the  Linna^an  Society  of  Neio  York. 
Vol.  I.,  pp.  5-106,  December,  1882. 

The  Dresent  instalment  of  Dr.  Merriam's  paper  does  not  extend 
to  birds;^^itSr^oductory  portion  has  a^di^^^^^^ 
to  follow....  As  a  cof^-^bution  toour^no.^ 

times  and  manner  of  breeding',  etc.,  °f,°»^^y^°/^v,,(^  Ondih.  Cluh,No\. 
this  paper  is  an  important  one  .  — W.  15.,  Jinu. 
VIII.,  pp.  50-53,  January,  1883. 
MOBDEN  J.  A.,  and  Saundebs,  W.  E.-List  of  the  Birds  of  Western 
OnUrio.  By  J.  A.  Morden  and  W.  ^■^^^'J^';;^ 
Sportsman  and  Naturalist,  Vol.  II.,  Nos.  11  and  12,  pp.  183-187, 
192-194      November  and  December,  1882. 

a  briefly  annotated  list  . .  .  numbering  236  species  . ,  •  ^^f  "^^le 
addition  to  ourlnowledge  of  the  distribution  of  Canadian  birds. . . . 
J  A  A,  The  Auk.  Vol.  I.,  p.  85,  January,  1884. 
EEXCHENOW,  ANXON.-Conspectus  Psittacorum.  ^^^l^^^f^^^^^ 
sichte  aller  bekannten  Papageienarten.  \  on  Dr.  Ant.  Reichenow . 
8vo.,  Berlin,  1882,  pp.  234.  (Sonderabdruckaus  Journal  f^^^^^ 
Ornithologie,    XXIX   Jahrg.,   1881,    pp.  1-49,  113-177,  22o-89, 

ooy   one  \ 

lkT'5i^".':'s  v,s.'?™T«i:^-orvni., ,.  m.  j...,.  .863. 

Reichenow   AMO>-.-Die  Vr.gel  der  Zoologischen  GUrteu.    Leiltaden 
der  in  Getaugensolmtt  gelialleucn  \..gti.      tm   HandUuch 


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Vogolwirtln'.       Vou   Dr.    Aut.    ReicLenow,       In    zwei    Thoilen. 
[Theil  I.]     Leipzig,  1882,  8vo.,  pp.  xxx.,  278. 

Dr.  lleichenowH  hnndbook  for  bird-keepers  \h  defiiRned  to  furnish 
. . .  .the  uieniiH  of  readily  identifying  hucIi  species  as  are  kept  in  zoolog- 
ical gardens,  parkf,  and  aviaries,  and  seems  to  be  well  adapted  to  tbat 
end.  Tlio  first  i>art  .  treats  of  r,;»5  species  . .  Concise  diagnoses  are 
Riven  . .  and  Englisli  and  French,  as  well  as  German,  vernacular  names 
are  supplied  for  the  species.  As  a  jjojiular  hand  book  for  German 
readers  . .  Ihe  work  seems  worthy  of  (.tenerous  couiiinri<hition.  J.  A.  A., 
null.  Null.  Orniih.  Chih,  Vol    VIII.,  p.  232.  October,  18H3. 

Keichenow,  Anton. — Dio  Enteuvr)gol  tier  Zoologisclu'n  Giirten.  Von 
Aut.  lioiduMiow.  Oruitbologi.scbe8  Contralblatt,  VII  Jahrg. , 
No8.  1-6.     Jau.-May,  1882,  pp.  1-5,  17-23,  35  40. 

....enumerates  the  species  of  iMmellirostres .  . .  K^^i^K  brief  diag- 
noses of  the  species  kept  in  zoological  gardens  . .  —J.  A.  A.,  Jiull.  y'tilt. 
"nuth.  Chtb,  Vol.  VIII.,  p.  232,  October.  1883. 

Keichenow,  Anton,  and  Sch.^low,  Herm.\n.— Coinpoiulium  iler  ueu 

beschriebenen  Gattnngen  nnd  Arteu.    Von  Anton  Reicbenow  iind 

Herman    Scbalow.       Journal   fiir  Ornitbologie,    XXIX  Jabrg., 

1881,   pp.    70-102,   417-423;    XXX  Jabrg.,    1882,    pp.     111-120, 

213-228. 

This  convenient  summary. ..  .is  still  continued. ..  .it  gives  tran- 
scripts of  the  original  diagnoses,  when  such  are  given,  and  in  other 
cases  mentions  the  types  of  the  genera  and  the  alleged  characteristics 
of  the  species.— J.  A.' A.,  Jiull.  XuU.  Orniih.  Club,  Vol.  VIII.,  p.  169,  July, 
1883. 

RiDGWAY,  Robert. — Ou  a  Duck  new  to  tbe  Nortb  American  Fauna. 
By  Robert  Ridgway.  Proc.  U.  S.  ma.  Mu.<;.,  Vol.  IV.,  1882,  pp. 
22-24.     Autbor's  separates  issued  April  13,  1881. 

. . .  .Mr.  Ridgway  records  an  immature  male  Rufous-crested  Duck 
(Fuliijula  rvfina,  Steph.)  supposed  to  have  been  shot  on  Long  Island 
Sound. .  In  making  the  record  .Mr.  Ridgway  takes  occasion  to  describe 
the  species  in  its  various  phiu^es  of  plumage,  and  a  Ids  a  few  critical 
remarks  on  the  generic  synonomv  of  the  group  to  which  it  belongs. — 
J.  A.  A.,  JBull   XuU.  Orniih.  Club,  Vol.  VI.,  p.  173,  July,  1881. 

Ridgway,  Robert. — On  Amazilia  yncatanensis  (Cabot)  and  A.cervini- 

ventris,  Gould.     By  Robert  Ridgway.     J*roc.    r.   S.   Xdt.  31us., 

Vol.  IV.,  1882,  pp.  25,  26.     Autbor's  sepai-ates  issued  April  13, 

1881. 

. . .  .Comparative  diagnoses  are  given  of  the  two  species,  with  .some 
remarks  respecting  their  distribution.— J.  A.  .\.,  Jiull.  Xult.  Orniih.  Club, 
Vol.  VI.,  pp.  173,  174,  July,  1881. 

Ridgway,  Robert. — A  Review  of  tbe  genus  Contnrus,  S\vain.sou.     By 

Robert  Ridgway.     Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  .l/v.<..  Vol.  IV.,  18S2,  pp.  93- 

119.     Autbor's  separates  issued  June  2,  1881. 

This  revision  is  bivsed  on  an  examination  of  227  spiHiiniens,  rejire- 
senting  12  of  the  14  forms  considered  as  sufBcioutly  <listinct  for  rt  tog- 

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nition . . . .  Each  form  recognized  is  described  in  detail,  and  the  whole 
subject  is  treated  with  Mr.  Kidgvvay'H  usual  care  and  completeness. — 
J.  A.  A.,  JiuU.  Null.  Orniih.  Club,  Vol.  VIII.,  p.  lU,  April,  1«83. 

EiDGWAY,  RoBEKT. — List  of  Species  of  Middle  and  South  American 
Birds  not  contained  in  the  United  States  National  Museum.  By 
Robert  Ridgway.  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mxs.,  Vol.  IV.,  1882,  pp.  165- 
203.     Author's  separates  issued  Aug.  11  and  Nov.  18,  1881. 

. . .  .The  species  wholly  unrepresented  are  very  few. . .  .—J.  A.  A., 
Bull.  Nuit.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  VIII.,  p.  170,  July,  1883. 

Ridgway,  Rojjert. — List  of  Special  Desiderata  among  North  Ameri- 
can Birds.  By  Robert  Ridgway.  Proc.  U.  X  Ndt.  Mas.,  Vol. 
IV.,  1882,  pp.  207-223.     Author's  separates  issued  Nov.  18,  1881. 

Ridgway,  Robert. — Catalogue  of  Old  World  Birds  in  the  United 
States  National  Museum.  By  Robert  Ridgway.  Proc.  U.  *S'.  Nat. 
Mits.,  Vol  IV.,  1882,  pp.  317-333.  Author's  separates  issued 
March  8,  1882. 

....The  numeration  and  classification  adopted  is  that  of  Gray's 
well-known  "Hand-list."— J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  NuU.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  VIII., 
p.  231,  October,  1883. 

Ridgway,  Robert. — Notes  on  some  Costa  Rican  Birds.  By  Robert 
Ridgway.  Proc.  U.  S.  Nil.  iMus.,  Vol.  IV.,  1882,  pp.  333-337. 
Author's  separates  issued  March  10,  1882. 

Ridgway,  Robert. — Description  of  a  new  Flycatcher  and  a  supposed 
new  Petrel  from  the  Sandwich  Islands.  By  Robert  Ridgway. 
Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  iMus.,  Vol.  IV.,  1882,  pp.  337,  338.  Author's 
separates  issued  March  29,  1882. 

Ridgway,  Robert. — Description  of  anew  Owl  from  Porto  Rico.  By 
Robert  Ridgway.  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  3fus.,  Vol.  IV.,  1882,  pp.  306- 
371.     Author's  separates  issued  April  6,  1882. 

RiDGW'AY,  Robert. — Description  of  two  new  Thrushes  from  the  United 
States.  By  Robert  Ridgway.  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mm.,  Vol.  IV., 
1882,  pp.  374-379.     Author's  separates  issued  April  6,  1882. 

Ridgway,  Robert. — On  two  Recent  Additions  to  the  North  American 

Bird  Fauna,  by  L.  Belding.     By  Robert  Ridgway.     Proc.  U.  S. 

Nat.  Mhs.,  Vol.  IV.,  1882,  pp.  414,  415.     Author's  separates  issued 

April  24,  1882. 

In  niimerous  papers  published  in  the  "Proceedings"  of  the  Na- 
tional Museum  for  1881  and  1882,  Mr.  Kidgway  has  described  a  con- 
siderable number  of  new  species  and  races  of  birds  and  several  neiv 
genera,  chietiy  from  North  and  Middle  America.  They  also  contain 
notes  on  a  few  other  hitherto  little  known  species.  ...—J.  A.  A.,  Bull. 
Null.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  VIII.,  pp.  168,  16U,  July,  1883. 


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Saunders,  Howahd. — On  some  LnridnR  from  the  coasts  of  Peru  and 
Chili,  coUecU'd  1)>  dipt.  Albert  H.  Markhani,  ll.N.,witli  liemarks 
on  the  Geogrui)hical  Distribution  of  the  Group  in  the  Pacitic.  By 
Howard  Saunders,  F.L.8.,  F.Z.S.  Pntc.  Zool .  Soc.  of  Lomluit, 
June  (5,  1882,  pp,  520-530;  with  colored  plate  of  Xemn /ureal nvi 
adult  and  young. 

. .  .  Fifteen  species  are  represented :  among  these  is  a  specimen 
(the  third  one  known ^  of  A'e?na  /t(r<x«^/m,  now  rediscovered  after  an 
interval  of  forty  years'  fruitless  search  Mr.  Saunilers  is  one  of  the  few 
scientific  writers  wlio  possess  the  happy  faculty  of  making  a  technical 
treatise  interesting  to  the  average  reader.  The  present  paper.,  .has  a 
direct  value  to  the  student  of  North  American  f)rnithology,  for  much  of 
its  subject-matter. .  .  relates  to  species  which  are  included  in  the  North 
American  Fauna.— W.  B.,  Hull.  SuU.  Orniih.  (;iuh,\o\.  VIH.,  p.  54,  Jan- 
uary, 1883. 

Shufeldt,  R.  W. —  Contributions  to  the  Anatomy  of  Birds.      By  11. 

W.  Shufeldt,  M.D.  [etc.]     Author's  edition,  e.xtracted  (in  advance) 

from  the  Twelfth  Annual  Report  of  the  late  U.  S.  Geological  and 

Geographical  Survey  of  the  Territories  (Hayden's).    Washington  : 

Government  Printing  Office,  October  14,  1882.    8vo.,  title  and  pp. 

593-806,  pll.  i-xxiv.,  many  woodcuts  iu  text. 

It  includes  chapters  on  the  osteology  of  Sp€<,lylo  cuhimlaria  hypatjaa, 
3emophU'i  alpeslrls,  the  North  American  TelrnonidiF  nnd  the  Cathartkhr. 
These  subjects  have  been  already  treated  by  Dr.  Shufeldt  in  previous 
papers. . . . ;  but  its  subject-matter  has  been  largely,  if  not  entirely  re- 
written, and  some  unfortunate  errors  ..  corrected. ..  .The  paper  on 
the  (hthartida-  with  its  accojiipanving  plates,  is  entirelv  new  matter. 
— W.  B.,  Bull.  \u(t.  Ornith.  Cluh,  Vol.  VIII.,  p.  .'.6,  January,  1883. 

Under  this  title  a  meritorious  and  very  promising  ornithotomist 
has  brought  together  the  greater  part  of  what  lie  has  thus  far  accom- 
plished in  the  way  of  avian  anatomy. . .  It  would  scarcely  be  fair,  how- 
ever, to  judge  their  reappearance  by  their  original  character,  all  of  them 
having  been  carefully  revised  and  to  some  extent  rewritten. . .  .The  text 
is  a  faithful  and  on  the  whole  an  accurate  description  of  the  objects 
under  designation,  and  the  fidelity  with  which  the  ])lates  are  executed 
is  mo.st  commendable  ..  .—E.  C,  yi'('/.  yntl.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  Vill, 
pp.  166-108,  July,  1883. 

Stejnegek,  Leonh.vkd. — Description  of  two  new  Races  of  Myiidestes 

obscurus  Lafr.     By  Leonhard  Stejneger.     J' roc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 

Vol.  IV.,  1882,  pp.  371-374.       Author's  .separates  issued  April  6, 

1882. 

...  A/,  obscuru.s  var.  occident'iUs,  from  the   highlands  of  Southern 
I        Mexico' and  Guatemala,  anH    M.  obscurus  var.  in.sul<iris,  from   the  Tres 
Marias'lslands. -J.  A.  A.,  />u//.   .Y«//.    Uruitli.    <'luh.    Vol.  Vill.,    p.    170, 
July,  1883. 

Wheaton,  J.  M. — Report  on  the  Birds  of  Ohio.  By  J.  M.  Wheatou, 
M.D.      Report  of  the   (ieohjicitl  .'<nri-fii   if   Ohio,  Vol.  IV.,  pt.  i., 


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pp.  188-628.     Columbus,  Ohio:  Nevins  Sc  Myers,    State  Printers. 
8vo.     1882. 

....  a  treatise  on  the  ornithology  of  the  State  so  extensive  and  so 
systematic  that  the  time  its  preparation  has  occupied  seems  jnstitied  if 
not  absolutely  required  ..  Dr.  Wheaton's  report  must  at  once  take 
place  at  the  head  of  State  Faunas,  so  far  as  ornitholoRy  is  concerned 
. .  Ohioans  have  here,  in  fact,  a  correct  history  and  de.scrij)tion  of  their 
300  birds,  systematically  arranged  and  classified,  with  diagnoses  of  the 
genera  and  higher  groups,  a  considerable  synonomy  of  each  species 
with  special  reference  to  State  literature,  and  a  local  bibliography. . . . 
this  volume  of  some  450  pages  is  no  slight  nor  uncertain  addition  to  our 
ornithological  literature  .  .— E.  C,  Bull.  Xutt.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  VIII., 
pp  110-112,  April,  1883. 

White,  George  K.,  and  Scott,  W.  L. — Commentary  on  the  Bird- 
Fauna  of  the  Vicinity  of  Ottawa.  By  Geo.  R.  White  and  W.  L. 
Scott.  Report  of  Ornithological  and  OiUogical  Branch,  Trews. 
Ottawa  Field  Naturalists'  Club,  No.  3,  pp.  26-34,  and  Appendix. 

.  .  The  list  is  briefly  annotated,  and  contains  169  species  . .  we  are 
astounded  to  see  in  the  list  Ifai-p^rhynclms  cirierevs .'  J'ftrus  rnfescens .' 
Vireo  pusilkis  !  Glanc'idiam  passerimmi  var.  cdlifornicuml  This  of  course 
puts  the  whole  affair  under  a  cloud  as  an  incompetent  and  doubtless 
pretty  nearly  worthless  performance.  -E.  C,  liulL  Xutt.  Ondih.  Club, 
Vol.  VIII.,  p.  55,  January,  1883. 

[  . .  .The  authors  . .  .had  no  opportunity  to  correct  the  proof-sheets 
.  ...Edd.]     Bull.  XuU.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  VIII.,  pp.  115,  116,  April,  1883. 

1883. 

Beckham,  Chakles  Wickliffe. — A  List  of  the  Birds  of  Bardstown, 
Nelson  County,  Kentucky.  By  Charles  Wickliffe  Beckham. 
Journ.  Cincinnati  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  Vol.  VI.,  pp.  136-147,  July, 
1883. 

. . .  .the  first  paper  on  the  birds  of  Kentucky,  as  such,  which  has 
yet  appeared,  and  relating  mainly  to  the  birds  of  the  immediate  vicini- 
ty of  Bardstown,". . .  .no  species  has  been  admitted  on  any  but  the  best 
of  evidence  ;  out  of  the  one  hundred  and  sixty-seven  enumerated,  the 
writer  is  himself  responsible  for  all  but  eight  of  them"  ...The  list  is 
briefly  annotated  .  .is  well  printed,  and  evidently  carefully  prepared 
. . .  .—J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  Null.  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  VIII.,  pp.  227,  228,  October, 
1883. 

Cooke,  W.   W. — Mississippi  Valley  Migration.      By  W.  W.  Cooke. 

Ornithologist  and  Oologis/,  Vol.  VIII. ,  Nos.  4-7,  April- July,  1883, 

pp.  25-27,  33,  34,  41,  42,  49-53. 

....  Mr.  Cooke's  scheme  contemplates  a  large  number  of  observing 
stations  ...he  appears  to  have  correspondents  at  44  stations  ...his 
matter  is  pertinent  and  in  most  cases  well  arranged;  while  his  sum- 
maries respecting  the  movements  of  particular  species,  as  given  in  his 
later  papers,  show  at  a  glance  what  are  the  results  attained. — J.  A.  A.. 
Bill  Natl.  Orailh.  Club,  Vol.  VIII.,  pp.  230,  231,  October,  1883. 


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Cooke,  W.  W.— Binl  Migrution  in  the  Mi9Hissii)pi  Valley.  By  W.W. 
Cooke.  Forest  nnd  Stream,  Vol.  XIX.,  Nos.  15,  \{\,  20,  pp.  283, 
284,  306,  384,  November  D  and  IG,  and  December  14,  1883. 

CoBY,  CirARLES  B.— Beautiful  ami  Curious  Birds  of  the  World.  By 
Charles  B.  Cory.  Published  by  the  Author.  Part  IV.  Elephant 
folio.     Three  Plates,  with  Text. 

....  contains  plates  of  Pseudogrt/plms  adi/oniidnus  . . . ;  Camplolnmus 
lahradorius  . . . ;  Astrapia  nnfra.  the  Incomparable  bird  of  Paradise. . .  - 
W.  B.,  JMl.  Xutt.  Ornlth.  dub.  Vol.  VIII.,  pp.  55,  oC,  January,  1883. 

Cory,  Charles  B.— Beautiful  and  Curious  Birds  of  the  World.  By 
Charles  B.  Cory.  Published  by  the  Author.  Part  V.  Elephant 
folio.     Three  Plates,  with  Text. 

. .  ..has  ilhistrations  of  Efnmnr.hus  mfu/nu.'i,  the  Magnificent  Bird  of 
Paradise,    Kplmachus  eUioIti,  Elliott's   Bird   ol    I'aradise   and    Pluvinnus 

iiyyptiiis.    the       .Crocodile   Bird    of  the  Nile -  W.  B.,   BulL   J\'u«. 

Ornith.  flab,  Vol.  VIII.,  pp.  55,  56,  January,  1883. 

Cory,  CH.\RiiES  B.— Beautiful  and  Curious  Birds  of  the  World.  By 
Cliarles  B.  Cory.  Published  by  the  Author.  Parts  VI.  and  VII. 
Elephant  folio. 

....  completes  the  work,  which  consi.sts  of  twenty  plates,  with  ac- 
companj'ing  text . .  The  plates . .  are  superb  illustrations  of  some  of  the 
most  striking  forms  of  bird-life.  ...  W.  B.,  '1  he  Auk,  Vol.  I.,  p.  81, 
January,  1884. 

CoiEs,  Elliott. — A  Hearing  of  Birds'  Ears.  By  Elliott  Coues. 
Science,  Vol.  II.,  Nos,  34,  38,  and  39,  pp.  422-424,  552-554,  586- 
589,  Sept.  28,  Oct.  26,  Nov.  2,  1883,  Hgg.  9. 

....A  clear  and  detailed  account  of  the  mechanism  of  the  ear  in 
birds,  taking  the  human  ear  as  the  chief  basis  of  comparison . . . . — J.  A. 
A.,  The  Auk,  Vol.  I.,  p.  182,  April,  1884. 

Coles,  Elliott,  and  Pkentis.s,  D.  Wehster. — l>ulletiu  of  the  United 
States  National  Museum,  No.  26.  Avifa-ma  C jlumbiaua  :  being 
a  list  of  Birds  ascertained  to  inhabit  the  District  of  Columbia, 
with  the  times  of  arrival  and  departure  of  .such  as  are  non- 
residents, and  brief  notices  of  habits,  etc.  The  Second  Edition, 
revised  to  date  and  entirely  rewritten.  l>y  Elliott  Coues,  M.D., 
Ph.D.,  Professor  of  Anatomy  in  the  National  Medical  College, 
etc.,  and  D.  Webster  Prentiss,  A.M.,  M.D. ,  Profe.s.sor  of  Materia 
Medica  and  Therapeutics  in  the  National  Medical  College,  etc. 
Washington  :  Government  Printing  Oftice,  i.SS:5.  Svo.,  pp.  133, 
100  woodcuts,  frontispiece,  and  4  folded  maps. 

The  title  of  this  intertstinp  brochure,    altlion^h  explicit,  fails  to 

fuily  imply  the  scope  of  the  w<^rk,  4  pag<  .s  <if  wl.iih  are  (livoted  to  the 

Literature    of    the    Sul.ject,'  17  to  the     Location  ainl  Topogiaphy  rt 


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District,'  5  to  the  'General  CliiinicUT  of  tlie  Avifauna.'  78  to  the  'An- 
notated List  of  the  Birds,'  8  to  a  'Summary  and  Recapitulation,'  and  3 
to  the  'Game  Laws  of  the  District'. ..  .The  oripiinal  'List'....  pub- 
lished in  1862,  contained  '22G  species  ...The  additions  made  in  the 
twenty-two  years  which  have  intervened  number  23  . .  .The  subject  in 
general  is  treated  not  only  with  great  fulness,  but  is  very  attractively 
set  forth,  and  in  general  plan  forms  an  excellent  model  of  what  a  faunal 
list  should  be  . . .— J.  A.  A.,  The  Auk,  Vol.  I.,  p.  38G,  October,  1884. 

Gadow,  Hans. — Catalogue  of  the  Birds  in  the  British  Museum.  Vol. 
VIII.  Catalogue  of  the  Passeriformes,  or  Perching  Birds.  Cich- 
lomorphsc  :  containing  the  Families  Paridic  and  Laniida'  (Titmice 
and  Shrikes),  and  Certhiomorphic  (Creepers  and  Nuthatches).  By 
Hans  Gadow,  Ph.D.  London:  Printed  by  order  of  the  Trus- 
tees. 1883.  Svo.,  pp.  i-xiii.,  1-386,  pll.  i-ix.,  and  woodcuts  in 
the  text. 

....Dr.  Gadow's  volume  opens  with  the  Paridie  (including  the 
Regulidac  aacL),  of  which  10  genera  and  82  species  are  recognized 
. . .  .The  Laniidm  embrace  five  subfamilies. . .  .The  family  Certhiida;  in- 
cludes the  Nuthatches  as  well  as  the  Tree-Creepers  . .  .In  general.  Dr. 
Gadow  inclines  to  the  recognition  of  comprehensive  groups,  from 
families  downward.  His  reduction  in  genera  and  species  from  the 
hitherto  current  status  is  very  marked. . .  .In  method  of  execution,  the 
present  volume  is  strictlv  in  accord  with  its  predecessors,  and  is 
neither  less  valuable  nor  less  welcome. — J.  A.  A.,  The  Auk,  Vol.  I.,  pp. 
279-281,  July,  1884. 

Gill,  Theodore. — Record  of  Scientific  Progress  for  1881.  Zoology. 
By  Theodore  Gill.  Smithsonian  Report,  1881  (1883),  pp.  408- 
498.     Birds,  pp.  481-490. 

...  a  partial  bibliography  of  noteworthy  papers  and  works,  and  a 
synopsis  of  aboixt  half-a-dozen  memoirs . . . . — J.  A.  A  ,  The  Auk,  Vol.  I., 
p.  84,  January,  1884. 

Goss,  N.  S. — A  Catalogue  of  the  Birds  of  Kansas.  By  N.  S.  Goss. 
Published  under  the  direction  of  the  Executive  Council.  Topeka, 
Kansas:  Kansas  Publishing  House,  1883.     8vo.,  pp.  iv.,  34. 

...  a  carefully  annotated  list  of  the  birds  of  the  State,  prepared  at 
the  request  and  under  the  direction  of  the  State  Executive  Council  . . . 
very  few  species  are  given  on  other  authority  than  his  own  observations 
. .  .'.the  list  includes  320  species  and  races,  161  of  which  are  marked  as 
known  to  breed.  The  annotations  are  brief  but  pertinent.  . .  .the  list 
...  attains  in  general  a  high  grade  of  excellence.  .. — J.  A.  A.,  Bull. 
Nutt.  Orniih.  Club,  Vol.  VIII.,  p.  227,  October,  1883. 

Jeffries,  J.  Amory. — The  Epidermal  System  of  Birds.     By  J.  Amory 

Jeffries.     Proc.  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  Vol.  XXII.,  pp.  203-'240, 

pll,  iv-vi.     Dec,  1883. 

. .  .reports  the  resvilts  of  his  studies  of  the  epidermal  appendages 
in  birds,  with  reference  to  their  structure,  development,  and  homolo- 
gies. . . .— J.  A.  A.,  77ie  Auk,  Vol.  L,  pp.  182,  183,  April,  1884. 


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Kino,  F.  H. — Economic  Relations  of  Wisconsin  IJinls.  By  F.  H. 
King.  Wisconsin  (ieo/ogica/  Survf^i/,  Vol.  I.,  chiip,  xi.,  pp. 441-610, 
figg.  103-114.     Royal  8 vo, 

. . .  .Prof  Kind's  fifild-work. . . .  wftsconimoiiced  in  1873,  and  is  appar- 
ently only  just  conclnded-  his  atttmtiou  during  tliis  long  period  being 
steadily  and  rigidly  directed  to  discovering  what  and  how  mncb  food 
Wisconsin  birds  eat  . . .  The  facts  recorded  . .  were  obtained  from  an 
examination  of  the  contents  of  over  1.800  birds  ..  The  Introduction 
cIoseH  with  "a  Temporary  Classification  of  Wisconsin  birds  on  an  econ- 
omic basis  "  . .  The  body  of  the  report  is  primarily  of  the  nature  of  an 
ordinary  -'local  list"  for  the  State  of  Wisconsin,  giving  in  systematic 
order  2'.>5  species. ..  .The  report  is  well  written,  giving  in  many  cases 
extended  biographies  . .  .Tl»e  numerous  woodcuts  are  chiefly  taken  from 
Haird.  Brewer,  and  llidgway.--E.  C,  Jinll.  ^^utt.  Ornilh.  Club,  Vol.  VIII., 
pp.  107-110,  April,  1883. 

Lawrence,  George  N. — Descriptions  of  New  Species  of  Birds  of  the 

Genera  Chrysotis,    Formicivora,  and  Spermophila.      By  George 

N.  Lawronce.     Ann.    New   Vork  Acad.    Sci.,  Vol.  II.,   1882,  No. 

12,  pp.  381-383.     Issued  June,  1883. 

The  species  here  described  are  :  1.  CJtrysolis  canifronf. . .  .2.  Foiini- 
c'wora  grisp.igula. . .  .And  3.  Sperinophila  jxirva  ...- J.  A.  A.,  The  Auk, 
Vol.  I.,  p.  387,  October,  1884. 

Morton,  Thomas,  and  Adams,  Charles  Francis,  Jr. — The  New  En- 
glish Canaan  of  Thomas  Morcon.  With  Introductory  Matter  and 
Notes  by  Charles  Francis  Adams,  Jr.  Boston  :  Published  by  the 
Prince  Society.  1883.  Sm.4to.,  pp.  vi,  381.— Chap.  IV.  Of 
Birds  and  Fetbered  Fowles,  pp.  189-199.  With  notes  by  W^illiam 
Brewster  and  the  Editor. 

....reprinting  Thomas  Morton's  "New  English  Canaan"  (pub- 
lished originally  in  1G37),  with  editorial  notes  ..  .The  technical  notes 
on  the  birds,  by  Mr.  Brewster,  form  an  excellent  commentary  on  the 
species  mentioned  by  Morton  ...Morton's  New  English  Canaun,  as 
thu-i  admirably  edited,  includes  nearly  everything  of  interest  bearing 
Tipon  the  natural  history  of  New  England  contained  in  these  early 
accounts  of  New  England  .  .  .The  work  is  limited  to  "250  copies,  and  in 
typography  and  paper  is  a  noteworthy  specimen  of  book-making.— 
J.  A.  A.,  The  Auk,  Vol.  I.,  p.  81,  January,  1884. 

Nelson,  E.  W. — Birds  of  Bering  Sea  and  the  Arctic  Ocean.  By  E.  W. 
Nelson.  Cruise  of  the  Revenue-steamer  Corwiu  in  Alaska  and 
the  N.  W.  Arctic  Ocean  in  1881.  Notes  and  Memoranda  :  Medical 
and  Anthropological ;  Botanical ;  Ornithological.  Washington  : 
Government  Printing  Office.  1883.  1  vol.,  4tu.,  pp.  55,  56, 
56'!-/,  57-118;   with  4  colored  plates. 

. .  .It  is  a  pity  that  so  valuable  and  interesting  a  treatise  as  this  of 
Mr.  Nelson's  shouUl  not  have  been  more  carefully  printed  ...After 
some  pages  concisely  descriptive  of  the  region  and  its  avifauna,  the 
author  proceeds  to  treat,  in  more  or  less  detail,  no  fewer  than  192  spe- 
cies of  birds,   North  Ameri\3an  with  few  exceptions. ..  .it  is  illustrated 


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with  four  colored  plates,  executed  by  Mr.  [Robert]  Ridgway,  represent- 
ing Molac'dld  ocularis,  Ijinbts  cr'islfttiis,  Earyiiorhynrlius  pyt/rrKKits  and  Cire- 
ronia  pusilla    . . .— E.  (J.,  77ie  Auk,  Vol.  I.,  pp.  7(5-81,  January,  1884. 

BiDOWAY,  Robert.— A  Review  of  the  American  Cros-sbills  (Loxia)  of 
the  L.  curvirostra  type.  By  Robert  Ridgway.  Proc.  Biol.  S'oc. 
of  Washington,  Vol.  II.,  1883,  pp.  84-107. 

He  recognizes  three  races  of  American  lied  Cros.sbills,  one  of 

which  (L.  cuvirostra  benilirei)  in  deHcrihed  as  new  ...In  North  America 
the  Red  Crossbills  decrease  in  size  from  the  north  .southward  .  .Th'-re 
are  also  remarks  on  other  races  of  Red  Cro.ssbills,  particularly  the  L. 
curvirostra  and  L.  pitynpsitlttcus  of  Europe. — J.  A.  A.,  The  Auk,  Vol.  II., 
pp.  206,  207,  April,  1885. 

Ridgway,  Robert — Description  of  Several  new  Races  of  American 
Birds.  By  Robert  Ridgway.  Proc.  U.  8.  Nat.  Mas.,  Vol.  V., 
1883,  pp.  9-15.     Author's  separates  issued  June  5,  1882. 

Ridgway,  Robert — On  the  genera  Harporhynchus,  Cabanis,  and 
Methriopterus,  Reichenbach,  with  a  description  of  a  new  genus  of 
MiminsB.  By  Robert  Ridgway.  Proc.  U.  S.  Nut.  Mus.,  Vol.  V., 
1883,  pp.  43^6.     Author's  separates  issued  June  5,  1882. 

Ridgway,  Robert — Critical  Remarks  on  the  Tree-creepers  (Certhia) 
of  Europe  and  North  America.  By  Robert  Ridgway.  Proc.  U. 
S.  Nat.  Mas.,  Vol.  V.,  18S3,  pp.  111-116.  Author's  separates  is- 
sued July  8,  1882. 

...  .he  proceeds  to  characterize  seven  races  as  susceptible  of  defini- 
tion, three  of  which  are  for  the  first  time  named ....  — J.  A.  A. ,  Hull. 
Natt.  OrnUh.  Club,  Vol.  VIIL,  p.  113,  April,  1883. 

Ridgway,  Robert — Description  of  some  new  Nurth  American  Birds. 
By  Robert  Ridgway.  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mas.,  Vol.  V.,  1883,  pp. 
343-346.     Author's  separates  issued  Sept.  5,  1882. 

Ridgway,  Robert — Catalogue  of  a  Collection  of  Birds  made  in  the 
Interior  of  Costa  Rica,  by  Mr.  C.  C.  Nutting.  By  Robert  Ridg- 
way. Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mas.,  Vol.  V.,  1883,  pp.  493-502.  Au- 
thor's separates  issued  Feb.  28,  1883. 

The  collection  reported  upon  was  made  partly  at  Volcan  de  Irazu 

and  partly  at  San  Jose There  are  brief  field- notes  by  the  collector, 

and  technical  notes  on  a  few  species  by  Mr.  Ridgway. —J.  A.  A.,  The 
Auk,  Vol.  I.,  p.  84,  January,  1884. 

Ridgway,  Robert.— Description  of  a  New  Warbler,  from  the  Island 
of  Santa  Lucia,  West  Indies.  By  Robert  Ridgway.  Proc.  U.  N. 
Nut.  Mas.,  Vol.  v.,  1883,  pp.  525,  526.  Author's  separates  issued 
March  21,  1883. 

Mr.  Ridgway  separates  as  a  new  subspecies  the  Warbler  from  Santa 


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Lucia,  W.  I.,  hitherto  known  iis  Dendroica  (ulelahUr  under  the  name  of 
Dendro'ic.a  mlela'vhi:  dfUmtn -  J.  A.  A,  Tlie  Auk,  Vol.  I.,  p.  83,  Jan- 
uary, 1884. 

llinowAY,  lloKERT. — Descrii)tiou  of  ii  supposenl  New  Plover,  from 
Chili.  By  Robert  llidgway.  Proc.  U.  S.  J^nt.  Mm.,  Vol.  V., 
1883,  pp.  526,  ry27.     Author's  .separates  issued  March  21,  1883. 

(^^'jialites  (Ubidipedus,  sp.  nov.)  haned  on  a  single  example  from 
Chili.  ~J.  A.  A.,  The  Auk,  Vol.  I.,  p.  83,  January,  1884. 

lliDOWAY,  Robert.— On  the  Qeuus  Tantalus,  Linn.,  and  its  allies.  By 
Robert  Ridgway.  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  Vol.  V.,  1883,  pp.  550, 
551.     Author's  separates  issued  March  21,  1883. 

The  genus  Tontalu.'i  Linn.,  is  restricted  to  T.  loculatoi; .  .  .—J.  A.  A., 
The  Auk,  Vol.  I.,  p.  83,  January,  1884. 

RiDOWAY,  Robert. — Description  of  a  New  Petrel  from  Alaska.  By 
Robert  Ridgway.  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  Vol.  V.,  1883,  pp.  656- 
658.     Author's  separates  issued  June  26,  1883. 

. . . .  ( (Eslrtlut'i  fishen-i,  sp.  nov. )  from  Alaska,  a  species  most  nearly 
allied  to  (K.  defillipiana  Mr.  Ridgway  is  inclined  to  refer  also  the 
Petrel  taken  in  Livingston  County,  N.  Y.,  identified  by  Mr.  Brewster 
...  as  (K.  ijuiaris,  to  (E.  Ashtri. — J.  A.  A.,  The  Auk,  Vol.  I.,  p.  83,  Janu- 
ary, 1884. 

Ridgway,  Robert. — Notes  upon  some  Rare  Species  of  Neotropical 
Birds.  By  Robert  Ridgway,  Curator  Department  of  Birds, 
United  States  National  Museum.  The  Ibis,  October,  1883,  pp. 
399-401. 

The  species  considered  are  Ilarporhynchus  oscellatus  Scl., 
Pyranga  erythrocephalus  (Sw.),  Zonotrichia  quinqaestriaia  Scl.  <fc  Salv., 
Contopus  ochraceus  iicl.  &  Salv.,  and  PanyptUa  cayenvensis  (Giu.),  about 
which  there  are  brief  remarks  respecting  their  affinities  ... — J.  A.  A., 
The  Auk,  Vol.  I.,  pp.  380,  387,  October,  1884. 

Seebohm,  Henry. — A  History  of  British  Birds,  with  colored  Illustra- 
tions of  their  Eggs.  By  Henry  Seebohm.  London  :  Published 
for  the  author  by  R.  H.  Porter,  6  Tenterden  Street,  W.,  and  Du- 
Liu  &  Co.,  Soho  Square,  W.  Royal  8vo.,  Vol.  I.,  1883,  pp.  xxiv., 
613,  pU.  20 ;  Vol.  II.,  (Part  1,  1883,  Part  2,  1884)  pp.  xxxiv.,  600, 
pll.  22. 

.  . .  .The  typographical  execution  of  the  work  is  excellent,  and  the 
plates  are  entitled  to  high  praise....  In  respect  to  nomenclature  and 
classification  Mr.  Seebohm  is  conservative  to  a  degree  approaching  ec- 
centricity, but  in  respect  to  the  general  subject  his  vi^'W8  are  liberal, 
l)liilc8ophic,  and  progressive. .  . .  As  regards  classification  Mr.  Seebohm 
seems  inclined  to  ignore  all  recent  progress, ...  .In  respect  to  the  '  vex- 
ed ({uestion  of  nomenclature'  he  has  throughout  his  work  "set  the 
Rules  of  the  British  Association  at  defiance. ..."     His  panacea  for  the  evil 


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is...  the  ailoption  of  (in  'audorum  pJurmorum'  rule;...  For  Bub- 
species  he  adopts  what  may  be  termed  a  Seebohmian  system  of  trinomi- 
als first  instituted  by  him  in  his  British  Museum  Catalogue  of  the  Tur- 
didic  ...As  Mr.  Seebohm  says:  "The  real  history  of  a  bird  is  its  life- 
history.  The  deepest  interest  attaches  to  every  thing  that  reveals  the 
little  7nind,  however  feebly  it  may  be  developed,  which  lies  behind  the 
feathers.  The  habits  of  the  bird  during  the  Vjreeding  season,  at  the  two 
periods  of  migration,  and  in  winter  ;  its  mode  of  flight  and  of  progres- 
sion on  the  ground,  in  the  trees,  or  on  the  water  ;  its  song  and  its  various 
call- and  alarm-notes  ;  its  food  and  it*  ni<ans  of  procuring  it  at  different 
seasons  of  the  year  ;  its  migrations,  the  dates  of  arrival  and  departure, 
routes  it  chooses,  and  the  winter  quarters  it  selects  ;  and  above  all, 
every  particular  resi)ecting  its  breeding,  when  it  begins  to  build  its  nest, 
the  materials  it  uses  for  the  purpose,  the  number  of  eegs  it  lays,  the  vari- 
ations in  their  color,  size  and  shape,-  all  these  particulars  are  the  real 
history  of  a  bird  ;  and  in  the  account  of  each  species  of  British  birds  I 
endeavor  to  give  as  many  of  them  as  possible.". . .  .Mr.  Seebohm's  work 
abounds  in  passages  which  invite  comment  . . .  —J.  A.  A.,  The  Auk,  Vol. 
II  ,  pp.  88-91,  January,  1885. 

Sharpe,  R.  Bowdler. — Catalogue  of  the  Birds  in  the  British  Museum, 
Vol.  VII.  Catalogue  of  the  Passeriformes,  or  Perching  Birds. 
Cichlomorphje  :  Part  IV.,  containing  the  concluding  portion  of 
the  Family  'limeliidio  (Babbling  Tliru-shes).  Bj  R.  Bowdler 
Sharpe.  London  :  Printed  by  order  of  the  Trustees.  1883. 
8vo. ,  pp.  i-xvi. ,  1-698,  pU.  i-xv.,  and  numerous  woodcuts  in  the 
text. 

The  family  Thnehidc'.  an  account  of  which  was  commenced  in  the 
preceding  volume  [Vol.  VI.],  is  here  [Vol.  VII.]  completed,  with  the 
enumeration  and  description  of  Gsl  species.  ..  while  many  ornith- 
ologists may  not  agree  with  the  author  in  his  allocation  of  certain  forms, 
none,  we  fancy,  can  feel  otherwise  than  deeply  grateful  to  him  for  the 
very  useful  monograph  he  has  placed  at  their  disposal. — J.  A. A.,  The  Auk, 
Vol.  I.,  pp.  278,  279,  July,  1&84. 

Smith,  Everett.  — The  Birds  of  Maine.      With  annotations  of  their 

comparative  abundance,  dates  of  migration,  breeding  habits,  etc. 

By  Everett  Smith.      Forest  and  Stream,  Vol.  XIX.,  Nos.  22-2G; 

Vol.  XX.,  Nos.  1-7  and  10-13. 

. . .  .Passing  to  water  birds  it  is  gratifying  to  find  a  better  quality 
of  work.  Mr.  Smith  is  evidently  at  home  here,  and  proofs  of  the 
general  accuracy  of  his  information  and  judgement  are  numerous  and 
unmistakable. ..  .It  is  too  good  a  paper  to  be  wholly  condemned,  too 
faulty  a   one  to  be   generously  praised   ..Its  author. ..   has   become 

almost  an  ornithologist —  W.  B.,  Bull.  ^utt.  Ornilh.  Club,  Vol.  VIII., 

pp.  164-166,  July,  1883. 

Stearns,  W.  A.— Notes  on  the  Natural  History  of  Labrador.  By  W. 
A.  Stearns.  Froc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  Vol.  VI.,  IS83,  pp.  111-137. 
Author's  separates  issued  July  27  to  Sept.  20,  1883. 

These  "Notes"  relate  only  in  part  to  birds,  which  occupy  pp.  116- 
123.  The  list  of  birds  numbers  111  species,  and  is  briefly  annotated .... 
-J.  A.  A.,  Ihe  Auk,  Vol.  I  ,  p.  284,  July,  1884. 


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Steakns,  Winfuid  A.,  and  Coueh,  Elt.iott.— Nt^wEnglftHclBird  Life  : 
beiug  II  Muniml  of  New  EukIuikI  Ornithology,  llcvismi  and  edited 
from  the  manuscript  of  Winfrid  A.  Steiirns,  MtMuber  of  tlie  Nut- 
tall  Ornithological  Club,  etc.  By  Elliott  Cones,  Member  of  the 
Academy,  etc.  Part  II.  Non-oscine  I'as.seres,  Birds  of  Prey,  ^ 
Game  and  Water  Bird.s.  Boston  :  Ijfe  X  Slicpard,  Publishers. 
New  York:  Charles  T.  Dillinglmm.  HS.i.  Svo  ,  pp.  409;  8.S 
woodcuts. 

.  ..  .Dr.  Cones  has  gont-  bravely  ou  with  th<-  task  of  "editing"  Mr. 
Stearns's  jnauuscript,  and  the  finished  wnrk,  now  complete  in  two 
volumes,  is  the  gratifying  result.  Mncli  that  w»j  said.  . .  of  Part  I.  will 
apply  equally  to  Part  II.  . .  .  Hat  among  the  Water  Hirds  thero  are  rather 
frequent  evidences  of  hasty,  and  ofton  positiv<dy  incorrect  oonclusions 
.  . .  .New  Enfjland  IMrd  Life. . .  .is,  on  the  whole  a  wisoly-conceived  and 
admirably-executed  book — i)y  far  the  best,  in  fact,  wliicli  has  been  so  far 
published  on  New  England  birds  ...-  W.  1?.,  linll..  Suit.  Orn'dh.  Club, 
Vol.  VIII.,  p.  101-104,  July,  1883. 

Stejneoer,  Leonii.xkd. — Synopsis  of  the  West  Indian  Myiadestes. 
ByLeonhard  Stejneger.  Proc.  I  J.  S.  Nnt.  M»s.,  Vol.  V.,  1883, 
pp.  15-27,  pi.  ii.     Author's  separates  issued  June  5,  1882. 

Eight  species  are  recognized,  two  of  which  (  }f.  sanctii;'uoue,  M. 
dominicanus)  are  described  as  new. —J.  A.  A.,  linl'.  Xutl.  Ornith.  Club, 
Vol.  VIII.,  p.  170,  July,  1883. 

Stejneger,  Leonhakd. — On  some  generic  and  specific  appellations  of 
North  American  Birds.  By  Leonhard  Stejneger.  /*roc.  U.  S. 
Nat.  Mus.,  Vol.  v.,  1883,  pp.  28  43.  Author's  separates  issued 
June  5,  1882. 

Proposing  to  use  "the  oldest  available  name  in  every  case"  the 
author  shows  that  many  of  our  current  na'iies  must  ^^ivo  way  if  the 
"inflexible  law  ol  ])riority"  is  to  be  observed.  For  ourselves  we  be- 
lieve that  the  surest  way  out  of  the  noiiiencliUnr.il  ditliculties  that  beset 
us  is  to  be  found  in  some  sucli  simple  rule  as  this  .  .  Sti'l  such  a  paper 
as  this  makes  us  wish  . . .  that  some  counteractive  "statute  of  limi- 
tation" could  come  into  operation  . . .  Stejiiei»er's  points  seem  to  be  well 
taken  in  the  main;  and.... we  jiresuiiie  the  restrictinns  and  substitu- 
tions he  proposes  are  availabh'  if  not  indeed  necessarv  under  the 
priority  statute  ...E,  C.  BalL  Xntt.  Ornith.  Ch,},.  Vol.  VII.. "pp.  178,  179. 
July,  1882. 

Stejneger,  Leonhard. — Outlines  of  a  Monograph  of  the  Cygnina', 
By  Leonhard  Stejneger.  P ><><•.  U.  S.  Xat.  .Uns..  Vol.  V.,  1883, 
pp.  174  221,  figg.  16.     Author's  separates  issued  July  25,  1882. 

The  external  and  osteological  character-;  are  "^iveii  in  detail,  with 
diagnoses  of  the  genera  and  species. .  ,  .the  autlior  reeo^'riizes  four  gen- 
era of  Swans,  namely  Stlienelns  (gen.  nov.  h  ('ijiiwin.  i>U,r.  and  ('henops'K. 
The  two  North  American  species  are  assigned  to  ()h>i-.  -J.  A.  .A..  tiuJl. 
SvdL  Ornith.  C/«b,  Vol.  VIII.,  p.  231.  October.  1N.S3. 


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Stejneger,  Leonhard. — Remarks  ou  the  Systematic  Arrangement  of 
the  Amorican  Turdidte.  By  Leonhard  Stejneger.  Proc.  U.  S. 
Nat.  Mas.,  Vol.  V.,  1883,  pp.  449-483,  with  numerous  cuts. 
Author's  separates  issued  February  13,  1883. 

....Dr.  Stejneger's  synopsis  of  the  family  extends  only  to  the 
genera  and  higher  groups  as  represented  in  America.  The  generic 
synonomy  is  fully  given,  and  the  generic  diagnoses  are  supplemented 
by  general  remai'ks  and  figures  illustrative  of  the  principal  generic 
characters.— J.  A.  A.,  The  Auk,  Vol.  I.,  pp.  181,  182,  April,  1884. 

TowNSEND,  Chable-s  H.  — Notes  on  the  Birds  of  Westmoreland  County, 
Penna.  By  Charles  H.  Townsend.  Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  Phila- 
delphia, 1883,  pp.  59-68. 

"The  species  enumerated  represent  perhaps  not  more  than  two- 
thirds  of  the  actual  birds  of  Westmoreland  County  "...  .The  list,  num- 
bering 136  species,  is  rather  too  sparingly  annotated  . .  .but  we  are  led 
to  hope  that  this  may  be  the  forerunner  of  a  fuller  report. —J.  A.  A, 
The  Auk.  Vol.  I  ,  p.  184,  April,  1884. 

TxJEiiON,  James  A. — -List  of  Birds  observed  near  Bradford,  Pa.,  by 

James  A.  Tuelou.     Quarterly  Jour.  Boston  Zonl.  Sac,  Vol.  IV., 

January,  1883,  pp.  8-11. 

As  the  whole  number  is  only  77,  withoiat  exception  very  common 
and  well-known  species,  and  as  the  annotations  are  of  no  special  conse- 
quence, the  reason  whv  the  list  is  printed  is  not  evident.  — E.  C,  BuU. 
Xutt  Ornith.  Club,  Vol.  VIII.,  p.  171,  July,  1883. 

Turner,  Lucien  M. — On  Lagopus  mutus.  Leach,  and  its  Allies.  By 
Lucien  M.  Turner.  Proc.  D.  S.  Nat.  Mas.,  Vol.  V.,  1883,  pp. 
225-233.     Author's  separates  issued  July  29,  1882. 

The  author  believes. . .  .that  the  European  birds  matus  and  afpinus 
constitute  "  but  a  single  species  having  the  name  Lagopus  mutus  Leach, 
while  the  American  bird  . .  .to  be  called  L'tgopus  mutas  rup'slris  (Gm. ) 
Ridg.  Four  races  are  recognized  . . .  Detailed  descriptions  and  mea.s- 
nrements  are  given  of  a  considerable  number  of  specimens  of  each  race. 
—J.  A.  A.,  Bull.  Xutt.  OrnUh.  Club,  Vol.  VIII.,  p.  232,  October,  1883. 

WiLLARD,   S.  W.— Migration   and   Distribution   of   North  American 

Birds  in  Brown  and   Outagamie  Counties.      By  S.  W.  Willard. 

De  Pere,  Wis.,  1883,  8vo.,  pp.  20. 

The  paper  gives  evidence  of  careful  observation,  and  is  a  valu- 
able contribution  to  our  knowledge  of  the  manner  of  occurrence  and 
movements  of  the  birds  of  the  area  in  question.— J.  A.  A.,  The  Auk, 
Vol.  II.,  pp.  289,  290,  Julv,  1885. 


Note.— Publication  of  Part  II.  of  this  paper  is  deferred  to  a  succeeding  number 
of  these  '  Abstracts.' 


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